Urzhar weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · small town · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Urzhar is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with September and May close behind. Urzhar averages about 3,037 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 19 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,037
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 338 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈90 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 507 m
When is the best time to visit Urzhar?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Urzhar is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 30 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Urzhar?
Urzhar is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,037 hours of sunshine a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate August (94) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 338 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 | -5° / 23°F | -14° / 7°F | 30 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 24 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -4° / 25°F | 25 mm | 3 |
| April | 69 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 30 mm | 4 |
| May | 92 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 28 mm | 6 |
| June | 92 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 30 mm | 7 |
| July | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 28 mm | 7 |
| August | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 19 mm | 6 |
| September | 94 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 19 mm | 4 |
| October | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 30 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 41 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -11° / 12°F | 34 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Tacheng China · 135 km · best in Aug · 3,000 h sun/yr
- Bole China · 249 km · best in Sep · 2,761 h sun/yr
- Karamay China · 310 km · best in Apr · 2,772 h sun/yr
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) Kazakhstan · 333 km · best in Aug · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Ili (Yining / Ghulja) China · 350 km · best in Sep · 2,819 h sun/yr
- Shihezi China · 456 km · best in Apr · 2,735 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Usharal Kazakhstan · 119 km · 2,941 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Zaysan Kazakhstan · 247 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Taldykorgan Kazakhstan · 331 km · 2,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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