Turkestan weather in September

In September, Turkestan sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of September to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Turkestan's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Turkestan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 7:13 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Turkestan is city in Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan.

Density: 1,157/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~416 CE

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical September day in Turkestan reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 6°C cooler than August and about 8°C warmer than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	16
11	30	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	15
15	29	15
16	28	15
17	28	15
18	28	15
19	28	14
20	27	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	25	13
28	25	12
29	25	12
30	25	12

How September really feels in Turkestan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September 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

September sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Turkestan weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 12th-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° / -5°	35	7.9	4.4	9.2	0.0
Feb	5° / -4°	33	6.7	2.7	10.2	0.4
Mar	13° / 3°	37	7	0.8	11.6	3.9
Apr	21° / 10°	33	6.6	0	13.2	7.2
May	28° / 16°	27	4.6	0	14.5	6.8
Jun	34° / 20°	10	2.3	0	15.1	3.9
Jul	36° / 23°	6	1.3	0	14.9	2.7
Aug	35° / 21°	3	0.7	0	13.8	3.7
Sep	28° / 15°	2	0.6	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	20° / 8°	13	2.9	0	10.8	7.7
Nov	11° / 1°	33	6	1.2	9.5	2.9
Dec	4° / -4°	32	6.6	3.3	8.9	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. 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
Clearer (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	88	88	88	87	87	86	85	85	85	83	83
Cloudier (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	83	17
30	83	17

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Turkestan gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 wet days in September, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 4% 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
Rain chance (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September 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	29	30
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	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
29	100
30	100

Wind in September

Winds average 13 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Feels	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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of September to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 7:04 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
Daylight (h)	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:55	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29
Sunset (PM)	7:58	7:56	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	6:55	7:58
2	13.0	6:57	7:56
3	12.9	6:58	7:54
4	12.9	6:59	7:52
5	12.8	7:00	7:51
6	12.8	7:01	7:49
7	12.7	7:02	7:47
8	12.7	7:03	7:45
9	12.6	7:05	7:43
10	12.6	7:06	7:41
11	12.5	7:07	7:39
12	12.5	7:08	7:38
13	12.4	7:09	7:36
14	12.4	7:10	7:34
15	12.3	7:11	7:32
16	12.3	7:13	7:30
17	12.2	7:14	7:28
18	12.2	7:15	7:26
19	12.1	7:16	7:24
20	12.1	7:17	7:22
21	12.0	7:18	7:21
22	12.0	7:19	7:19
23	11.9	7:21	7:17
24	11.9	7:22	7:15
25	11.8	7:23	7:13
26	11.8	7:24	7:11
27	11.7	7:25	7:09
28	11.7	7:26	7:07
29	11.6	7:28	7:06
30	11.6	7:29	7:04

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.45 kWh/m² in July across the year — September's 5.33 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Turkestan?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.7

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Turkestan for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Turkestan in September

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

In September, Turkestan sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Turkestan in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September 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 Turkestan peaks around August 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (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)	1	2	4	5	8	8	7	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Turkestan in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Turkestan is worst in May — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (January, 12 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)	12	17	27	29	29	24	25	26	26	24	20	14
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Turkestan?

Turkestan sits at 43.3°N, 68.3°E, 217 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Kentau, 32 km away.

Topography around Turkestan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Turkestan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 214 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,961 m.

The land around Turkestan is covered by artificial surfaces (88%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

24 m

artificial surfaces 88%

16 km

141 m

grassland 57%

80 km

1,961 m

grassland 83%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← August Turkestan year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Kentau 32 km · Zhangaqorghan 106 km · Arys 106 km · Zhangatas 123 km · Shymkent 155 km · Shiyeli 156 km · Aksu 161 km · Karatau 179 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 Turkestan (43.2946°, 68.2569°, elevation 217 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	32	18
2	32	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	16
11	30	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	15
15	29	15
16	28	15
17	28	15
18	28	15
19	28	14
20	27	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	25	13
28	25	12
29	25	12
30	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	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
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	16
11	30	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	15
15	29	15
16	28	15
17	28	15
18	28	15
19	28	14
20	27	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	25	13
28	25	12
29	25	12
30	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	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
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	16
11	30	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	15
15	29	15
16	28	15
17	28	15
18	28	15
19	28	14
20	27	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	25	13
28	25	12
29	25	12
30	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	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
29	100
30	100