Shemonaikha weather in August

In August, Shemonaikha sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 52 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 14.3 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 43% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Shemonaikha's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shemonaikha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
11°
10th coldest
Rainfall
52 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
5:26 AM – 7:46 PM
Cloud cover
48%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Shemonaikha is human settlement in Kazakhstan.

Founded
1766

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 Shemonaikha reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Shemonaikha

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.

Shemonaikha 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-11° / -19°368.49.58.30.0
Feb-9° / -18°327.28.49.70.0
Mar-1° / -11°418.47.511.50.0
Apr11° / -1°4992.713.53.0
May19° / 579.90.615.26.2
Jun24° / 12°6310.1016.26.9
Jul25° / 14°8913.2015.86.5
Aug24° / 11°528.5014.37.3
Sep18° / 468.30.312.46.0
Oct10° / -1°569.63.610.42.2
Nov-1° / -10°6110.39.68.70.0
Dec-8° / -16°5110.911.97.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
26040
36139
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shemonaikha gets around 52 mm of rain over 8.5 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 28% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)
1543511
2563410
3573310
458339
560328
662317
764306
865296
968275
1070264
1172253
1274233
1376222
1478202
1580191
1682171
1784160
1886140
1987130
2089110
2190100
229190
239280
249370
259460
269550
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289640
299640
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319730

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 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 108 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:04 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 8:13 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.25:048:13
215.15:058:11
315.15:078:10
415.05:088:08
514.95:108:07
614.95:118:05
714.85:138:03
814.85:148:01
914.75:168:00
1014.75:177:58
1114.65:197:56
1214.65:207:54
1314.55:227:52
1414.45:237:50
1514.45:257:48
1614.35:267:46
1714.35:287:44
1814.25:307:42
1914.25:317:40
2014.15:337:38
2114.05:347:36
2214.05:367:34
2313.95:377:32
2413.95:397:30
2513.85:417:28
2613.75:427:26
2713.75:447:24
2813.65:457:21
2913.55:477:19
3013.55:487:17
3113.45:507:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Shemonaikha?

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
6.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shemonaikha in August

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

In August, Shemonaikha sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Shemonaikha in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shemonaikha peaks around July 18 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 18UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Shemonaikha?

Shemonaikha sits at 50.6°N, 81.9°E, 300 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Gornyak, 51 km away.

AltayAleysk

Topography around Shemonaikha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shemonaikha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 321 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 667 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,256 m.

The land around Shemonaikha is covered by grassland (42%), trees (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), grassland (33%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
141 m
16 km
667 m
80 km
1,256 m
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August weather nearby: Gornyak 51 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 88 km · Rubtsovsk 110 km · Ridder 118 km · Semey 120 km · Kalbatau 146 km · Altay 194 km · Aleysk 216 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 Shemonaikha (50.629°, 81.9109°, elevation 300 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).