Shchuchinsk weather in August

In August, Shchuchinsk sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°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 Shchuchinsk's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shchuchinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
11°
10th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
6:07 AM – 8:40 PM
Cloud cover
59%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Shchuchinsk is town in Kazakhstan.

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 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical August day in Shchuchinsk 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.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Shchuchinsk

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.

Shchuchinsk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -19°124.15.37.90.0
Feb-11° / -18°103.14.39.50.0
Mar-4° / -11°185.25.211.50.0
Apr / -1°307.42.713.62.0
May18° / 398.80.715.55.8
Jun22° / 11°5710.40.116.66.7
Jul23° / 13°8112.5016.16.5
Aug22° / 11°5810.2014.56.6
Sep16° / 347.90.312.45.0
Oct / -1°306.83.610.31.4
Nov-4° / -10°226.46.48.40.0
Dec-10° / -17°165.26.57.40.0

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 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
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85248
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shchuchinsk gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.2 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 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
133
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333
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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 79% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
158339
259338
360328
461327
562317
664306
765296
867285
968275
1070264
1172244
1273234
1374224
1477203
1578193
1680173
1781163
1882153
1985132
2086122
2187112
2288102
238992
249181
259271
269361
279361
289451
299640
309640
319730

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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912light breeze
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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 9:09 PM to 8:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.45:429:09
215.45:449:07
315.35:459:05
415.35:479:03
515.25:489:02
615.25:509:00
715.15:528:58
815.05:538:56
915.05:558:54
1014.95:578:52
1114.95:588:50
1214.86:008:48
1314.76:028:46
1414.76:048:44
1514.66:058:42
1614.56:078:40
1714.56:098:37
1814.46:118:35
1914.36:128:33
2014.36:148:31
2114.26:168:29
2214.16:178:26
2314.16:198:24
2414.06:218:22
2513.96:238:19
2613.96:248:17
2713.86:268:15
2813.76:288:12
2913.76:308:10
3013.66:318:08
3113.56:338:05

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
124.9Bright
134.9Bright
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154.8Bright
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174.7Bright
184.6Bright
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204.5Bright
214.5Bright
224.4Bright
234.3Bright
244.3Bright
254.2Bright
264.2Bright
274.1Bright
284.1Bright
294.0Bright
304.0Bright
314.0Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Shchuchinsk?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Shchuchinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shchuchinsk in August

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Shchuchinsk in August

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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 Shchuchinsk peaks around June 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 14UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Shchuchinsk?

Shchuchinsk sits at 52.9°N, 70.2°E, 406 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Makinsk, 37 km away.

AtbasarAstanaPetropavlIsil’kul’

Topography around Shchuchinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shchuchinsk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m around an average of 411 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 796 m.

The land around Shchuchinsk is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), grassland (32%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (35%), cropland (33%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
253 m
16 km
622 m
80 km
796 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Makinsk 37 km · Akkol’ 56 km · Kokshetau 66 km · Stepnogorsk 131 km · Atbasar 177 km · Astana 213 km · Petropavl 226 km · Isil’kul’ 231 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 Shchuchinsk (52.9359°, 70.189°, elevation 406 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).