Shu weather in August

In August, Shu sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 23 mm of rain across 4.6 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Shu's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
4.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
6:15 AM – 8:03 PM
Cloud cover
28%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Shu is human settlement in Kazakhstan.

Founded
1960

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 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical August day in Shu reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 37°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 Shu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 22 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
22
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Shu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -8°327.16.19.10.0
Feb / -6°367.75.410.20.1
Mar12° / 509.52.911.63.0
Apr20° / 7511.60.713.25.9
May26° / 14°6810.9014.56.6
Jun32° / 19°469.8015.24.4
Jul34° / 21°337.8014.93.4
Aug33° / 19°234.6013.84.5
Sep27° / 13°254.1012.37.6
Oct19° / 426.20.710.86.7
Nov10° / -0°487.93.49.52.2
Dec / -6°3985.98.80.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
28119
38119
48119
58119
68119
78218
88218
98218
108317
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shu gets around 23 mm of rain over 4.6 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
120
220
319
419
519
618
718
817
917
1016
1116
1215
1315
1414
1514
1614
1714
1813
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2013
2113
2213
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2612
2712
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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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
184133
285123
385123
486113
587103
687103
78992
88992
99082
109172
119172
129262
139352
149352
159352
169541
179541
189541
199631
209631
219730
229730
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259730
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299820
309820
319820

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
110calm
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510calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 8:24 PM to 7:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:588:24
214.45:598:23
314.46:008:22
414.36:018:20
514.36:028:19
614.26:038:18
714.26:048:17
814.26:068:15
914.16:078:14
1014.16:088:12
1114.06:098:11
1214.06:108:09
1313.96:118:08
1413.96:128:06
1513.96:148:05
1613.86:158:03
1713.86:168:02
1813.76:178:00
1913.76:187:59
2013.66:197:57
2113.66:207:55
2213.56:227:54
2313.56:237:52
2413.46:247:50
2513.46:257:49
2613.36:267:47
2713.36:277:45
2813.26:297:43
2913.26:307:42
3013.16:317:40
3113.16:327:38

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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36.8Intense
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246.2Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.0Intense
306.0Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Shu?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Shu for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Shu in August

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

In August, Shu sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shu in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shu peaks around May 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowMay 20UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Shu 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 Shu is worst in April — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 2222 µg/m³Dec 229 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Good
Mar21Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Shu?

Shu sits at 43.6°N, 73.8°E, 461 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Kara-Balta, 88 km away.

Topography around Shu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 467 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,149 m.

The land around Shu is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
115 m
80 km
1,149 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kara-Balta 88 km · Belovodskoye 91 km · Merke 94 km · Bishkek 106 km · Lebedinovka 109 km · Kant 119 km · Ivanovka 134 km · Tokmok 151 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 Shu (43.6051°, 73.7622°, elevation 461 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).