Taraz weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · regional city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Taraz is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with June and May close behind. Taraz averages about 2,726 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 9 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,726
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 355 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈73 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 358k
- Elevation
- 661 m
When is the best time to visit Taraz?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Taraz is September, then June and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 31 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Taraz?
Taraz gets a lot of sun: around 2,726 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate September (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #11 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 355 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 | 2° / 36°F | -7° / 19°F | 31 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 36 mm | 2 |
| March | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 1° / 34°F | 43 mm | 3 |
| April | 79 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 50 mm | 5 |
| May | 88 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 36 mm | 6 |
| June | 91 | 32° / 90°F | 17° / 63°F | 22 mm | 7 |
| July | 65 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 13 mm | 8 |
| August | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| September | 93 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 9 mm | 5 |
| October | 74 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 32 mm | 3 |
| November | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 36 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Shymkent Kazakhstan · 159 km · best in Sep · 2,974 h sun/yr
- Namangan Uzbekistan · 209 km · best in Oct · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Tashkent Uzbekistan · 244 km · best in Sep · 2,929 h sun/yr
- Bishkek Kyrgyzstan · 259 km · best in Sep · 2,950 h sun/yr
- Osh Kyrgyzstan · 279 km · best in Sep · 2,957 h sun/yr
- Fergana Uzbekistan · 280 km · best in Sep · 2,917 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Turkıstan Kazakhstan · 229 km · 3,073 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Andijan Uzbekistan · 250 km · 2,957 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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