Karaganda weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Karaganda is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with May and June close behind. Karaganda averages about 2,880 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,880
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 370 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 498k
- Elevation
- 537 m
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When is the best time to visit Karaganda?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Karaganda is August, then May and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Karaganda?
Karaganda gets a lot of sun: around 2,880 hours a year. 92 Sunshine Score points separate August (92) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #10 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, above 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 | -11° / 12°F | -19° / -2°F | 24 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -18° / 0°F | 22 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -10° / 14°F | 30 mm | 3 |
| April | 38 | 13° / 55°F | 0° / 32°F | 32 mm | 4 |
| May | 91 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 29 mm | 6 |
| June | 88 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 41 mm | 6 |
| July | 87 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 50 mm | 6 |
| August | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 24 mm | 6 |
| September | 85 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 19 mm | 4 |
| October | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 34 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 34 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 31 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Astana Kazakhstan · 201 km · best in Aug · 2,632 h sun/yr
- Omsk Russia · 588 km · best in Aug · 2,422 h sun/yr
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) Kazakhstan · 658 km · best in Aug · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Bishkek Kyrgyzstan · 740 km · best in Sep · 2,950 h sun/yr
- Almaty Kazakhstan · 757 km · best in Sep · 2,693 h sun/yr
- Tacheng China · 813 km · best in Aug · 3,000 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Balkhash Kazakhstan · 333 km · 2,724 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Pavlodar Kazakhstan · 384 km · 2,603 h sun/yr · best in May
- Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan · 465 km · 2,981 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Kokshetau Kazakhstan · 482 km · 2,413 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Semey Kazakhstan · 499 km · 2,713 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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