Semey weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · regional city · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Semey is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with May and August close behind. Semey averages about 2,713 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 20 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,713
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 312 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 311k
- Elevation
- 210 m
When is the best time to visit Semey?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Semey is September, then May and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 17 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Semey?
Semey gets a lot of sun: around 2,713 hours a year. 91 Sunshine Score points separate September (91) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 312 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 | 17 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -18° / 0°F | 17 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -9° / 16°F | 25 mm | 3 |
| April | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 0° / 32°F | 20 mm | 4 |
| May | 90 | 22° / 72°F | 7° / 45°F | 27 mm | 5 |
| June | 89 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 34 mm | 6 |
| July | 87 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 45 mm | 6 |
| August | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 25 mm | 5 |
| September | 91 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 20 mm | 3 |
| October | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 29 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -8° / 18°F | 30 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -17° / 1°F | 23 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) Kazakhstan · 165 km · best in Aug · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Barnaul Russia · 404 km · best in Aug · 2,294 h sun/yr
- Tacheng China · 469 km · best in Aug · 3,000 h sun/yr
- Novosibirsk Russia · 543 km · best in Aug · 2,127 h sun/yr
- Novokuznetsk Russia · 595 km · best in Aug · 2,094 h sun/yr
- Astana Kazakhstan · 622 km · best in Aug · 2,632 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pavlodar Kazakhstan · 301 km · 2,603 h sun/yr · best in May
- Urzhar Kazakhstan · 377 km · 3,037 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Usharal Kazakhstan · 465 km · 2,941 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Zaysan Kazakhstan · 466 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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