Shymkent, Kazakhstan is a 1.2M-resident city with 243 sunny days and 80 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 28.9 µg/m³. Kazakhstan's second-largest city.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 8 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 38 | 35 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 23 |
| Daily mean°C | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| Daily low°C | -5 | -2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 1 | -8 | 8 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 14 | 19 | 22 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 42 | 39 | 32 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 27 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | -2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | -13 | -10 | -4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 2 | -6 | -14 | 3 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 81 | 73 | 73 | 54 | 54 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 43 | 64 | 78 | 53 |
| Dewpoint°C | -2.6 | -0.2 | 3.2 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.0 | -3.9 | 4.5 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 44 | 53 | 132 | 60 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 63 | 39 | 513 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 6 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 71 |
| Snowfallmm | 35 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 77 |
| Snow days≥1mm | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 5.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 9.5 |
| Clear skyindex | 26% | 44% | 41% | 58% | 54% | 72% | 79% | 90% | 79% | 66% | 50% | 45% | 59% |
| UV indexmax avg | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
Shymkent offers a solid outdoor season. Dinner outside works 6/12 months, while walking is comfortable 9/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Shymkent reports an annual PM2.5 of 28.9 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Shymkent reports an annual PM2.5 of 28.9 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 28.9 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Shymkent? Honestly, air quality is a meaningful downside — at 28.9 µg/m³ annual PM2.5, Shymkent sits above the EU limit, which may matter for allergy sufferers or long-term residents.