Zhetysay enjoys 243 sunny days a year, with frosty winters and limited daylight. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Zhetysay, Kazakhstan is a 62K-resident city with 243 sunny days and 39 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 33.1 µg/m³. A city in Kazakhstan.
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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 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 25 |
| Daily mean°C | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| Daily low°C | -1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 4 | -4 | 11 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 14 | 18 | 23 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 42 | 39 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 28 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | -8 | -6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 5 | -1 | -11 | 7 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 80 | 68 | 65 | 50 | 43 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 53 | 65 | 80 | 51 |
| Dewpoint°C | -0.4 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 5.2 | -2.5 | 6.4 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 37 | 61 | 88 | 55 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 39 | 16 | 404 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 62 |
| Snowfallmm | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25 |
| Snow days≥1mm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 6.0 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 9.6 |
| Clear skyindex | 28% | 45% | 42% | 57% | 62% | 74% | 82% | 89% | 88% | 70% | 54% | 45% | 61% |
| UV indexmax avg | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 4.8 |
Zhetysay offers a solid outdoor season. Dinner outside works 5/12 months, while walking is comfortable 9/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Zhetysay reports an annual PM2.5 of 33.1 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Zhetysay reports an annual PM2.5 of 33.1 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 33.1 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 Zhetysay? Honestly, air quality is a meaningful downside — at 33.1 µg/m³ annual PM2.5, Zhetysay sits above the EU limit, which may matter for allergy sufferers or long-term residents.