Almaty weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Almaty is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with June and May close behind. Almaty averages about 2,693 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 22 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,693
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 468 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈27 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 2M
- Elevation
- 678 m
When is the best time to visit Almaty?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Almaty is September, then June and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Almaty?
Almaty gets a lot of sun: around 2,693 hours a year. 91 Sunshine Score points separate September (91) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 468 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 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 23 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -4° / 25°F | 29 mm | 2 |
| March | 43 | 14° / 57°F | 1° / 34°F | 46 mm | 3 |
| April | 81 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 77 mm | 5 |
| May | 83 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 64 mm | 7 |
| June | 86 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 46 mm | 8 |
| July | 71 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 31 mm | 8 |
| August | 81 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 24 mm | 7 |
| September | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 22 mm | 5 |
| October | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 37 mm | 3 |
| November | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 41 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 28 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Bishkek Kyrgyzstan · 210 km · best in Sep · 2,950 h sun/yr
- Ili (Yining / Ghulja) China · 351 km · best in Sep · 2,819 h sun/yr
- Aksu (Onsu) China · 354 km · best in Apr · 2,693 h sun/yr
- Tumxuk China · 426 km · best in Apr · 3,140 h sun/yr
- Kashgar China · 432 km · best in Apr · 3,028 h sun/yr
- Bole China · 453 km · best in Sep · 2,761 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Issyk-Kul (Tamchy) Kyrgyzstan · 90 km · 2,509 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Karakol Kyrgyzstan · 146 km · 2,509 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Taldykorgan Kazakhstan · 226 km · 2,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Zhaosu China · 340 km · 2,819 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Almaty compares month by month: Almaty vs Bishkek · Almaty vs Aksu (Onsu) · Almaty vs Ili (Yining / Ghulja) · all comparisons
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