Shymkent Airport

UAII · Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Climate Shymkent Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shymkent Airport (UAII) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.4 43 48 30 53 40
February 63.0 47 61 72 69 69
March 74.0 62 88 56 68 90
April 89.0 94 91 96 87
May 97.3 93 97 98 96
June 99.3 99 99 99 100
July 99.3 99 100 97 100
August 98.4 96 100 100 97
September 96.9 93 94 95 100
October 86.7 78 83 85 95
November 66.1 81 45 59 69
December 42.7 45 37 52 15
Average 79.5 51.5 83.8 79.2 83.9 83.0

15th best VFR conditions of Kazakhstan

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.8 65 75 53 67 70
February 80.1 64 74 92 84 88
March 88.4 82 95 75 91 97
April 95.8 99 97 100 94
May 99.6 100 99 100 99
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 99
September 99.5 98 99 100 100
October 96.7 94 96 98 100
November 84.0 92 65 76 92
December 64.9 63 72 79 36
Average 89.2 70.7 92.2 89.1 92.8 91.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.0 7 0 7 5 3
February 8.4 6 9 10 11 11
March 15.1 13 20 12 13 17
April 21.5 23 26 22 21
May 28.5 28 28 30 29
June 34.0 35 35 35 34
July 37.2 38 37 37 35
August 34.0 33 33 36 33
September 28.6 27 31 30 27
October 20.2 22 20 18 20
November 11.6 17 11 11 8
December 5.2 7 1 10 0
Average 19.4 8.8 21.5 21.5 21.5 19.6

1st highest temperature of Kazakhstan

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -4.2 -2 -10 0 -4 -4
February -2.3 -3 -1 0 0 0
March 4.0 3 7 3 2 5
April 9.1 10 12 8 9
May 14.4 14 15 17 15
June 18.3 20 20 20 18
July 21.3 22 22 22 21
August 19.0 19 19 21 20
September 13.1 13 15 14 12
October 7.0 10 8 5 5
November 0.5 5 3 -1 -3
December -4.7 -3 -7 0 -6
Average 7.1 -1.4 8.9 9.6 8.7 7.6

20th lowest temperature of Kazakhstan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.5 12 15 18 11 20
February 15.2 23 19 11 15 8
March 12.3 18 6 29 18 1
April 7.6 3 2 3 12
May 2.6 1 5 2 4
June 1.2 1 2 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.8 3 0 0 2
September 1.0 0 0 0 2
October 3.5 6 6 4 0
November 8.2 6 22 3 8
December 13.3 21 13 8 15
Average 7.3 17.7 5.8 8.2 4.6 5.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 6 5 5 4 4
February 5.5 7 6 5 6 6
March 6.7 7 7 6 7 8
April 6.4 9 5 6 6
May 7.1 9 6 8 7
June 6.6 7 6 8 6
July 6.5 6 7 7 7
August 7.0 7 7 6 7
September 6.0 7 6 5 7
October 5.5 7 6 6 5
November 5.2 6 6 5 5
December 4.2 5 3 5 3
Average 6.1 6.6 6.7 6.0 6.3 6.0

1st highest wind speed of Kazakhstan

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 233° 223° 259° 235° 237°
February 227° 249° 276° 230° 221°
March 247° 134° 287° 266° 038°
April 083° 288° 269° 273°
May 059° 338° 073° 117°
June 006° 047° 028° 009°
July 010° 355° 344° 320°
August 298° 023° 023° 287°
September 285° 335° 323° 312°
October 259° 269° 284° 296°
November 208° 237° 237° 276°
December 216° 287° 220° 300°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.