Altay weather in August

In August, Altay sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 76 mm of rain across 9.3 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Altay's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Altay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
10°
10th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
5:19 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
44%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Altay is town in Kazakhstan.

Founded
1791

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical August day in Altay reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22512
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31218

How August really feels in Altay

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Altay weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -21°499.310.38.40.0
Feb-8° / -19°418.299.80.0
Mar / -11°478.48.111.50.0
Apr11° / -2°669.73.613.52.8
May18° / 779.90.715.16.0
Jun23° / 11°8210.50166.8
Jul25° / 13°10312.1015.76.7
Aug23° / 10°769.3014.27.3
Sep18° / 6880.412.45.9
Oct / -2°8511.25.610.51.8
Nov-2° / -11°8311.111.18.80.0
Dec-10° / -18°7011.813.380.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26337
36337
46337
56436
66535
76535
86535
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126634
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Altay gets around 76 mm of rain over 9.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
234
333
433
532
632
731
831
931
1030
1130
1230
1330
1429
1529
1629
1729
1829
1929
2029
2129
2229
2329
2429
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2729
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3128

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
150419
252408
353398
455387
558366
659356
762335
863325
966304
1068284
1170273
1272253
1375232
1476222
1578202
1680191
1782171
1883161
1984151
2086140
2187130
2288120
2389110
2490100
259190
269280
279370
289460
299550
309640
319640

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
25calm
35calm
45calm
55calm
65calm
75calm
85calm
95calm
105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
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155calm
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235calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:58 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 7:04 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.14:588:01
215.04:597:59
315.05:007:58
414.95:027:56
514.95:037:54
614.85:057:53
714.75:067:51
814.75:077:49
914.65:097:48
1014.65:107:46
1114.55:127:44
1214.55:137:42
1314.45:157:40
1414.45:167:39
1514.35:187:37
1614.35:197:35
1714.25:217:33
1814.15:227:31
1914.15:247:29
2014.05:257:27
2114.05:277:25
2213.95:287:23
2313.95:307:21
2413.85:317:19
2513.75:337:17
2613.75:347:15
2713.65:367:13
2813.65:377:10
2913.55:397:08
3013.45:407:06
3113.45:427:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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45.8Bright
55.7Bright
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205.3Bright
215.2Bright
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245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Altay?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Altay for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Altay in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Altay sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Altay in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Altay peaks around July 19 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 19UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Altay in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Altay is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1517 µg/m³Dec 175 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb10Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May11Good
Jun8Good
Jul10Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Altay?

Altay sits at 49.7°N, 84.3°E, 460 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Ridder, 86 km away.

ShemonaikhaKalbatauGornyakZaysanGorno-AltayskMayma

Topography around Altay

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Altay.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Altay has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m around an average of 505 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 908 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,387 m.

The land around Altay is covered by trees (43%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (46%), cropland (27%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
264 m
16 km
908 m
80 km
2,387 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
August weather nearby: Ridder 86 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 121 km · Shemonaikha 194 km · Kalbatau 199 km · Gornyak 242 km · Zaysan 256 km · Gorno-Altaysk 274 km · Mayma 277 km

Kazakhstan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,692
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
92%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 417
Religion
Muslim 69%Christian 17%non-believers 2%Buddhism 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Altay (49.7363°, 84.2542°, elevation 460 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).