Sarykemer weather in February

In February, Sarykemer sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to 6°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Sarykemer's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sarykemer's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 4°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: -6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 41 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 8:21 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.1; out of 10

Sarykemer is village in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan.

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to 6°C by the end.

A typical February day in Sarykemer reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 7°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7
Avg low (°C)	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3

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

How February really feels in Sarykemer

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Sarykemer weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -7°	35	7.9	5.9	9.2	0.0
Feb	4° / -6°	41	8.2	5.7	10.2	0.1
Mar	11° / 0°	55	10.3	3.4	11.6	2.6
Apr	18° / 7°	66	10.6	0.9	13.1	5.8
May	25° / 12°	44	9.1	0	14.4	7.0
Jun	30° / 17°	25	6.2	0	15.1	5.5
Jul	33° / 19°	14	3.8	0	14.8	4.5
Aug	31° / 17°	10	2.4	0	13.8	5.6
Sep	26° / 12°	14	2.4	0	12.3	8.4
Oct	18° / 5°	34	5.4	0.7	10.8	6.5
Nov	9° / -1°	44	7.5	3.1	9.5	1.9
Dec	3° / -6°	36	7.8	5.5	8.9	0.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	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
Clearer (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	36	36	37	38	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	39	40	40	40	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	64	64	63	62	63	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	61	60	60	60	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	38	62
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Sarykemer gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 30% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

	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
Rain chance (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	30	30	30
Snow chance (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:37 AM to 8:02 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:53 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
Daylight (h)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:37	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:11	8:10	8:08	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:02
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:52	6:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	8:37	6:18
2	9.7	8:36	6:19
3	9.7	8:35	6:20
4	9.8	8:34	6:21
5	9.8	8:33	6:23
6	9.9	8:32	6:24
7	9.9	8:31	6:25
8	9.9	8:30	6:27
9	10.0	8:29	6:28
10	10.0	8:28	6:29
11	10.1	8:26	6:31
12	10.1	8:25	6:32
13	10.2	8:24	6:33
14	10.2	8:22	6:35
15	10.2	8:21	6:36
16	10.3	8:20	6:37
17	10.3	8:18	6:39
18	10.4	8:17	6:40
19	10.4	8:16	6:41
20	10.5	8:14	6:43
21	10.5	8:13	6:44
22	10.6	8:11	6:45
23	10.6	8:10	6:46
24	10.7	8:08	6:48
25	10.7	8:07	6:49
26	10.8	8:05	6:50
27	10.8	8:03	6:52
28	10.9	8:02	6:53

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.82 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Sarykemer?

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

0.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sarykemer.

What to pack for Sarykemer in February

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

In February, Sarykemer sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Sarykemer in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sarykemer peaks around May 22 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	5	9	8	8	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Sarykemer in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sarykemer is worst in May — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	13	18	19	20	18	17	15	17	17	13	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sarykemer?

Sarykemer sits at 43.0°N, 71.5°E, 538 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Taraz, 17 km away.

Topography around Sarykemer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sarykemer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 548 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 834 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,446 m.

The land around Sarykemer is covered by cropland (43%), artificial surfaces (26%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and grassland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km

45 m

cropland 43%

16 km

834 m

cropland 46%

80 km

3,446 m

grassland 74%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Sarykemer year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Taraz 17 km · Talas 81 km · Karatau 87 km · Turar Ryskulov 109 km · Merke 138 km · Aksu 152 km · Zhangatas 157 km · Lenger 162 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 Sarykemer (43.0093°, 71.5101°, elevation 538 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	38	62
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	38	62
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	38	62
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100