Aktau weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · regional city · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Aktau is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with May and June close behind. Aktau averages about 2,608 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 9 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,608
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 128 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈41 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 147k
- Elevation
- 22 m
When is the best time to visit Aktau?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Aktau is September, then May and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 12 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Aktau?
Aktau gets a lot of sun: around 2,608 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate September (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #17 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 128 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -5° / 23°F | 12 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 7 mm | 2 |
| March | 23 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 13 mm | 3 |
| April | 76 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 17 mm | 5 |
| May | 92 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 11 mm | 6 |
| June | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 6 mm | 8 |
| July | 56 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 8 mm | 8 |
| August | 74 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 7 mm | 7 |
| September | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 9 mm | 5 |
| October | 77 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 11 mm | 3 |
| November | 8 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 16 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 11 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Makhachkala Russia · 301 km · best in Jul · 2,061 h sun/yr
- Astrakhan Russia · 362 km · best in Sep · 2,391 h sun/yr
- Atyrau Kazakhstan · 367 km · best in Aug · 2,363 h sun/yr
- Baku Azerbaijan · 386 km · best in Jun · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Grozny Russia · 437 km · best in Aug · 1,993 h sun/yr
- Vladikavkaz Russia · 528 km · best in Sep · 1,987 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gabala Azerbaijan · 438 km · 2,329 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Aktau compares month by month: Aktau vs Baku · Aktau vs Makhachkala · Aktau vs Astrakhan · Aktau vs Atyrau · all comparisons
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