May
May · June · August
86climate match
Kazakhstan · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Balqash.
May leads for comfortable weather in Balqash: typically 22.2°C by day, 10.4°C at night, with 14 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high22.2°C
Typical low10.4°C
Rain in May14 mm
July
July · June · August
91climate match
September
September · May · April
94climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 86 — days reach only -9.2°C, 33° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
5-9.2° / -18.3°
Feb
5-6.6° / -16.8°
Mar
52.8° / -7.4°
Apr
4914.7° / 3.7°
May
8622.2° / 10.4°
Jun
8527.8° / 16.5°
Jul
7729.3° / 18.2°
Aug
8528° / 16.2°
Sep
8121.4° / 9.1°
Oct
4113.2° / 1.9°
Nov
52.8° / -6.1°
Dec
5-5.6° / -14.2°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.2°C | -18.3°C | 15 mm | 5.1 | 8 h 55 | 5 | Good coverage |
| February | -6.6°C | -16.8°C | 11 mm | 3.1 | 10 h 13 | 5 | Good coverage |
| March | 2.8°C | -7.4°C | 10 mm | 3 | 11 h 45 | 5 | Good coverage |
| April | 14.7°C | 3.7°C | 10 mm | 2.6 | 13 h 31 | 49 | Good coverage |
| May | 22.2°C | 10.4°C | 14 mm | 2.9 | 15 h 01 | 86 | Good coverage |
| June | 27.8°C | 16.5°C | 11 mm | 2.6 | 15 h 51 | 85 | Good coverage |
| July | 29.3°C | 18.2°C | 15 mm | 2.5 | 15 h 31 | 77 | Good coverage |
| August | 28°C | 16.2°C | 6 mm | 2.1 | 14 h 12 | 85 | Good coverage |
| September | 21.4°C | 9.1°C | 2 mm | 0.8 | 12 h 30 | 81 | Good coverage |
| October | 13.2°C | 1.9°C | 6 mm | 1.9 | 10 h 48 | 41 | Good coverage |
| November | 2.8°C | -6.1°C | 18 mm | 4.5 | 9 h 18 | 5 | Good coverage |
| December | -5.6°C | -14.2°C | 11 mm | 3.5 | 8 h 33 | 5 | Good coverage |
What has changed
Balqash runs +0.8°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+0.7
Feb
+1.5
Mar
+2.8
Apr
+2.1
May
+0.8
Jun
+0.6
Jul
+0.1
Aug
+0.7
Sep
0.0
Oct
+0.9
Nov
+0.2
Dec
-0.3
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C10 Jan 2024 | -40.1°C18 Jan 1943 | 10 mm14 Jan 1980 | 27 mm1991 · driest 1 mm in 1963 | 91 |
| February | 6.1°C27 Feb 1966 | -40.2°C25 Feb 1951 | 17 mm10 Feb 1965 | 28 mm1993 · driest 0 mm in 1942 | 90 |
| March | 24.5°C31 Mar 1944 | -30.8°C3 Mar 1971 | 20 mm22 Mar 1969 | 30 mm1969 · driest 0 mm in 1948 | 91 |
| April | 32.5°C29 Apr 1997 | -14.2°C10 Apr 1979 | 12 mm1 Apr 1980 | 37 mm1958 · driest 0 mm in 1948 | 91 |
| May | 36.5°C25 May 2020 | -5.5°C1 May 1936 | 23 mm27 May 1996 | 54 mm1972 · driest 0 mm in 1938 | 91 |
| June | 38.2°C27 Jun 2022 | 4.0°C9 Jun 1943 | 25 mm29 Jun 1981 | 55 mm1954 · driest 0 mm in 1955 | 91 |
| July | 40.9°C22 Jul 1948 | 6.9°C29 Jul 1980 | 39 mm12 Jul 1966 | 51 mm1999 · driest 0 mm in 1956 | 90 |
| August | 39.5°C1 Aug 2008 | 3.7°C30 Aug 1996 | 32 mm26 Aug 1958 | 45 mm1988 · driest 0 mm in 1964 | 90 |
| September | 37.6°C2 Sep 2010 | -4.7°C30 Sep 1956 | 32 mm1 Sep 1954 | 40 mm1954 · driest 0 mm in 1959 | 90 |
| October | 27.2°C1 Oct 1957 | -14.8°C28 Oct 1987 | 17 mm19 Oct 1962 | 32 mm1962 · driest 0 mm in 1955 | 90 |
| November | 18.9°C1 Nov 2017 | -32.7°C28 Nov 1952 | 19 mm19 Nov 2002 | 35 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 1967 | 90 |
| December | 7.5°C18 Dec 1967 | -41.2°C19 Dec 1938 | 15 mm3 Dec 1971 | 44 mm1971 · driest 0 mm in 1944 | 90 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 24 | <1 |
| March | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| April | 1 | 0 | 6 | <1 |
| May | 9 | 1 | <1 | <1 |
| June | 23 | 9 | 0 | <1 |
| July | 29 | 12 | 0 | <1 |
| August | 25 | 9 | 0 | <1 |
| September | 6 | <1 | <1 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 22 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was August (scoring 87); on 2011–2025 it is May (89). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 11% | 0% | 7% | -12.6–-5.9°C |
| February | 0% | 9% | <1% | 3% | -12.2–-3.7°C |
| March | <1% | 9% | <1% | 3% | -3.1–6.5°C |
| April | 16% | 10% | <1% | 5% | 11.6–17.4°C |
| May | 64% | 9% | <1% | 4% | 19.8–24.9°C |
| June | 90% | 8% | <1% | 4% | 26.0–29.9°C |
| July | 92% | 8% | <1% | 3% | 27.8–31.9°C |
| August | 93% | 6% | <1% | 1% | 26.3–29.8°C |
| September | 64% | 4% | <1% | <1% | 19.7–23.6°C |
| October | 8% | 8% | <1% | 4% | 10.2–14.8°C |
| November | 0% | 11% | <1% | 7% | -1.4–5.7°C |
| December | 0% | 12% | <1% | 8% | -11.0–-1.7°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 1525798
- NOAA station
- KZ000035796 · BALHASH
- Station distance
- 9.2 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 15 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 46.85°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.