Makinsk weather in August

In August, Makinsk sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 52 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Makinsk's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Makinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 30 min; 6:07 AM – 8:38 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Makinsk is city in Kazakhstan.

Founded: 1928

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Makinsk reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	11
16	22	11
17	22	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

How August really feels in Makinsk

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Makinsk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-12° / -19°	12	4.2	5.4	8	0.0
Feb	-11° / -19°	10	3.3	4.1	9.5	0.0
Mar	-4° / -12°	17	5.1	5	11.5	0.0
Apr	9° / -1°	29	6.9	2.2	13.6	2.1
May	18° / 6°	37	8.7	0.6	15.5	6.0
Jun	23° / 11°	54	9.8	0	16.5	6.8
Jul	24° / 13°	76	12.5	0	16.1	6.5
Aug	22° / 11°	52	10	0	14.5	6.7
Sep	16° / 5°	32	7.2	0.3	12.4	5.2
Oct	8° / -1°	27	6.6	3.3	10.3	1.5
Nov	-4° / -10°	21	5.9	5.5	8.5	0.0
Dec	-10° / -17°	16	5	6.2	7.5	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	54	55	54	55	54	55	54	55	55	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	48	48	48	48	47	47	45	45	44	44	44	45	44	44
Cloudier (%)	46	45	46	45	46	45	46	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	52	52	52	52	53	53	55	55	56	56	56	55	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Makinsk gets around 52 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	32
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	30

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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	63	64	65	66	67	68	70	71	73	74	76	78	79	80	81	83	85	86	87	89	90	91	91	92	93	95	95	96	96	97	97
Comfortable (%)	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	21	20	19	18	17	15	14	13	12	10	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3
Humid (%)	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	63	30	7
2	64	29	7
3	65	29	6
4	66	28	6
5	67	28	5
6	68	27	5
7	70	26	4
8	71	25	4
9	73	24	3
10	74	23	3
11	76	21	3
12	78	20	2
13	79	19	2
14	80	18	2
15	81	17	2
16	83	15	2
17	85	14	1
18	86	13	1
19	87	12	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	91	8	1
23	91	8	1
24	92	7	1
25	93	6	1
26	95	5	0
27	95	5	0
28	96	4	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0
31	97	3	0

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 9:07 PM to 8:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:42	5:44	5:45	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:12	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:26	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:33
Sunset (PM)	9:07	9:05	9:03	9:01	9:00	8:58	8:56	8:54	8:52	8:50	8:48	8:46	8:44	8:42	8:40	8:38	8:36	8:34	8:31	8:29	8:27	8:25	8:22	8:20	8:18	8:16	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:06	8:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.4	5:42	9:07
2	15.4	5:44	9:05
3	15.3	5:45	9:03
4	15.2	5:47	9:01
5	15.2	5:49	9:00
6	15.1	5:50	8:58
7	15.1	5:52	8:56
8	15.0	5:54	8:54
9	14.9	5:55	8:52
10	14.9	5:57	8:50
11	14.8	5:59	8:48
12	14.8	6:00	8:46
13	14.7	6:02	8:44
14	14.6	6:04	8:42
15	14.6	6:05	8:40
16	14.5	6:07	8:38
17	14.4	6:09	8:36
18	14.4	6:10	8:34
19	14.3	6:12	8:31
20	14.3	6:14	8:29
21	14.2	6:16	8:27
22	14.1	6:17	8:25
23	14.1	6:19	8:22
24	14.0	6:21	8:20
25	13.9	6:22	8:18
26	13.9	6:24	8:16
27	13.8	6:26	8:13
28	13.7	6:28	8:11
29	13.7	6:29	8:09
30	13.6	6:31	8:06
31	13.5	6:33	8:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Makinsk?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Makinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Makinsk in August

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

In August, Makinsk sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Makinsk in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Makinsk peaks around June 15 at about 6 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	2	4	6	6	6	5	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Makinsk?

Makinsk sits at 52.6°N, 70.4°E, 380 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Shchuchinsk, 37 km away.

Topography around Makinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Makinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 385 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 724 m.

The land around Makinsk is covered by grassland (54%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), trees (31%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

65 m

grassland 54%

16 km

175 m

grassland 41%

80 km

724 m

grassland 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← July Makinsk year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Shchuchinsk 37 km · Akkol’ 92 km · Kokshetau 100 km · Stepnogorsk 104 km · Atbasar 168 km · Astana 176 km · Isil’kul’ 260 km · Petropavl 263 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

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 Makinsk (52.6329°, 70.4191°, elevation 380 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	11
16	22	11
17	22	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	32
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	63	30	7
2	64	29	7
3	65	29	6
4	66	28	6
5	67	28	5
6	68	27	5
7	70	26	4
8	71	25	4
9	73	24	3
10	74	23	3
11	76	21	3
12	78	20	2
13	79	19	2
14	80	18	2
15	81	17	2
16	83	15	2
17	85	14	1
18	86	13	1
19	87	12	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	91	8	1
23	91	8	1
24	92	7	1
25	93	6	1
26	95	5	0
27	95	5	0
28	96	4	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0
31	97	3	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	11
16	22	11
17	22	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	32
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	63	30	7
2	64	29	7
3	65	29	6
4	66	28	6
5	67	28	5
6	68	27	5
7	70	26	4
8	71	25	4
9	73	24	3
10	74	23	3
11	76	21	3
12	78	20	2
13	79	19	2
14	80	18	2
15	81	17	2
16	83	15	2
17	85	14	1
18	86	13	1
19	87	12	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	91	8	1
23	91	8	1
24	92	7	1
25	93	6	1
26	95	5	0
27	95	5	0
28	96	4	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0
31	97	3	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	11
16	22	11
17	22	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	32
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	63	30	7
2	64	29	7
3	65	29	6
4	66	28	6
5	67	28	5
6	68	27	5
7	70	26	4
8	71	25	4
9	73	24	3
10	74	23	3
11	76	21	3
12	78	20	2
13	79	19	2
14	80	18	2
15	81	17	2
16	83	15	2
17	85	14	1
18	86	13	1
19	87	12	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	91	8	1
23	91	8	1
24	92	7	1
25	93	6	1
26	95	5	0
27	95	5	0
28	96	4	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0
31	97	3	0