Zaysan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Zaysan is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with September and May close behind. Zaysan averages about 2,899 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,899
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 278 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 18k
- Elevation
- 574 m
When is the best time to visit Zaysan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Zaysan is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 16 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Zaysan?
Zaysan gets a lot of sun: around 2,899 hours a year. 92 Sunshine Score points separate August (92) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #9 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 278 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 | 16 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -12° / 10°F | 13 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -4° / 25°F | 19 mm | 3 |
| April | 61 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 24 mm | 4 |
| May | 91 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 28 mm | 6 |
| June | 91 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 30 mm | 7 |
| July | 90 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 35 mm | 7 |
| August | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 24 mm | 6 |
| September | 92 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 22 mm | 4 |
| October | 38 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 25 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 24 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -11° / 12°F | 18 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Tacheng China · 148 km · best in Aug · 3,000 h sun/yr
- Karamay China · 225 km · best in Apr · 2,772 h sun/yr
- Altay China · 241 km · best in May · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) Kazakhstan · 333 km · best in Aug · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Bole China · 350 km · best in Sep · 2,761 h sun/yr
- Shihezi China · 369 km · best in Apr · 2,735 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Burqin China · 177 km · 3,021 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Urzhar Kazakhstan · 247 km · 3,037 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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