Almaty climate

Name: Almaty
Address: Tian Shan foothills, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan · Tian Shan foothills · 43.222° N, 76.851° E

Köppen Dfahumid continentalContinental

Mountain-foothill city with hot summers and cold snowy winters.

Big seasonal swing: properly cold winters, warm summers, usually far from an ocean.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 86°F / 30°C

Coldest month

January, 19°F / -7°C

Annual swing

68°F / 38°C

Wettest month

April

Driest month

July

Rain per year

23.5" / 598 mm

Snow per year

51.7" / 1314 mm

Elevation

2795 ft / 852 m

Time zone

Asia/Almaty

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	35 / 1	19 / -7	0.16 / 4	8.4 / 213	55%	3.8 / 6.1	56%
February	40 / 5	25 / -4	0.51 / 13	12.4 / 314	55%	3.5 / 5.6	65%
March	50 / 10	35 / 1	2.72 / 69	8.6 / 218	62%	3.5 / 5.6	59%
April	62 / 17	46 / 8	4.66 / 118	2.9 / 73	60%	3.6 / 5.8	58%
May	70 / 21	54 / 12	4.25 / 108	0.0 / 0	57%	3.6 / 5.8	51%
June	79 / 26	62 / 17	1.88 / 48	0.0 / 0	47%	4.1 / 6.6	51%
July	86 / 30	68 / 20	1.17 / 30	0.0 / 0	40%	3.8 / 6.1	35%
August	82 / 28	65 / 18	1.78 / 45	0.0 / 0	43%	3.6 / 5.8	35%
September	73 / 23	57 / 14	1.75 / 44	0.1 / 3	45%	3.5 / 5.6	33%
October	59 / 15	43 / 6	2.83 / 72	2.8 / 70	54%	3.1 / 5.0	44%
November	45 / 7	30 / -1	1.48 / 38	8.2 / 209	58%	3.4 / 5.5	55%
December	37 / 3	22 / -5	0.34 / 9	8.4 / 213	58%	3.7 / 6.0	55%

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