Almaty climate — normals and trends
Almaty (Kazakhstan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Almaty averages 165 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Almaty has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 171 to 159 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 31 July 1983) and the coldest -33.4 °C (on 30 November 1952).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AlmatyAlmaty
- coords
- 43.25°, 76.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
0.6°C
Annual rainfall
806mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
165 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
162.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.9 °C
Average peak gust
25.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.3 °C
31 July 1983
Coldest day
-33.4 °C
30 November 1952
Wettest day
53 mm
24 May 1985
Windiest day
26.0 km/h
12 May 1960
Strongest gust
73.1 km/h
23 May 2018
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
2 August 1979
Coldest feels-like
-38.3 °C
30 November 1952
Snowiest day
15.5 cm
21 February 2008
Sunniest day
14.4 h
10 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 37 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | -0.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 18 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 5.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 84 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 62 mm | -71 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 130 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 23.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 69 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 26.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 26 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 30 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 78 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 33 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 0.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 42 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Almaty?
Almaty has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Almaty?
The hottest day measured in Almaty between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1983, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Almaty?
The coldest day measured in Almaty between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1952, at -33.4 °C.
Does it snow in Almaty?
Yes. Almaty gets on average 162.4 cm of snow per year and has around 165 frost days.
Has the climate of Almaty warmed?
Yes: Almaty warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Almaty?
The wettest day measured in Almaty between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1985, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Almaty?
The windiest day measured in Almaty between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1960, with winds reaching 26.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Almaty?
The warmest month in Almaty is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Almaty?
Almaty receives on average 806 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Almaty?
Almaty gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Almaty?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Almaty between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2008, with 15.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Almaty?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Almaty.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Almaty?
In Almaty, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 2 August 1979, and the lowest was -38.3 °C on 30 November 1952.
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