Astana weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Astana is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with May and June close behind. Astana averages about 2,632 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 28 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,632
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 89/100
- Rain / year
- 370 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 1.5M
- Elevation
- 353 m
When is the best time to visit Astana?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Astana is August, then May and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 20 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Astana?
Astana gets a lot of sun: around 2,632 hours a year. 89 Sunshine Score points separate August (89) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #15 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 370 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 | -13° / 9°F | -21° / -6°F | 20 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -19° / -2°F | 20 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -10° / 14°F | 27 mm | 3 |
| April | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 29 mm | 4 |
| May | 88 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 35 mm | 5 |
| June | 87 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 41 mm | 6 |
| July | 84 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 55 mm | 6 |
| August | 89 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 28 mm | 5 |
| September | 83 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 21 mm | 3 |
| October | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -9° / 16°F | 34 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -18° / 0°F | 27 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Omsk Russia · 455 km · best in Aug · 2,422 h sun/yr
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) Kazakhstan · 787 km · best in Aug · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Tyumen Russia · 792 km · best in Aug · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Chelyabinsk Russia · 816 km · best in Aug · 1,990 h sun/yr
- Barnaul Russia · 862 km · best in Aug · 2,294 h sun/yr
- Novosibirsk Russia · 867 km · best in Aug · 2,127 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Karaganda Kazakhstan · 201 km · 2,880 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kokshetau Kazakhstan · 286 km · 2,413 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Pavlodar Kazakhstan · 408 km · 2,603 h sun/yr · best in May
- Petropavl Kazakhstan · 444 km · 2,371 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan · 457 km · 2,981 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Astana compares month by month: Astana vs Omsk · Astana vs Tyumen · Astana vs Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) · all comparisons
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