Balkhash weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Balkhash is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with September and May close behind. Balkhash averages about 2,724 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,724
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 175 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈83 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 81k
- Elevation
- 432 m
When is the best time to visit Balkhash?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Balkhash is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 14 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Balkhash?
Balkhash gets a lot of sun: around 2,724 hours a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate August (94) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #12 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 175 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 | -10° / 14°F | -19° / -2°F | 14 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -17° / 1°F | 13 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -6° / 21°F | 17 mm | 3 |
| April | 62 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 14 mm | 5 |
| May | 92 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 18 mm | 7 |
| June | 92 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 17 mm | 7 |
| July | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 20° / 68°F | 18 mm | 7 |
| August | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 7 |
| September | 94 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 5 mm | 5 |
| October | 31 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 14 mm | 3 |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -7° / 19°F | 19 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -15° / 5°F | 19 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Almaty Kazakhstan · 425 km · best in Sep · 2,693 h sun/yr
- Bishkek Kyrgyzstan · 428 km · best in Sep · 2,950 h sun/yr
- Astana Kazakhstan · 527 km · best in Aug · 2,632 h sun/yr
- Ili (Yining / Ghulja) China · 592 km · best in Sep · 2,819 h sun/yr
- Bole China · 606 km · best in Sep · 2,761 h sun/yr
- Tacheng China · 635 km · best in Aug · 3,000 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Taldykorgan Kazakhstan · 331 km · 2,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Karaganda Kazakhstan · 333 km · 2,880 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Usharal Kazakhstan · 452 km · 2,941 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Issyk-Kul (Tamchy) Kyrgyzstan · 497 km · 2,509 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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