Weather forecast for Kazakhstan for the summer of 2026
Summer is a period of high temperatures and increased atmospheric activity, accompanied by hot weather, short-term rains, downpours, thunderstorms, hail, and gusty winds.
According to the advisory forecast, the average monthly temperature in June is expected to be 1-2°C above normal across most of the country, and around normal in the eastern regions and the far northwest of the country (normal: +18°C to +23°C across most of Kazakhstan, +24°C to +28°C in the southwestern half of the country, and +7°C to +17°C in the mountainous regions of the southeast and east of the country). Daytime temperatures are expected to range from +30 to +38°C to +15 to +20°C, while in the southern half of the republic, temperatures may reach +40 to +45°C on some days. Hot days will give way to cooler ones with torrential rain, thunderstorms, hail, and squalls. Frosts are possible during the first ten days in the north and east of the republic, as well as in the mountainous regions of the southeast, at night and in the morning.
July, mid-summer, is expected to be moderately hot, with temperatures within normal limits (normal: +18 to +24°C in most of the republic, +25 to +30°C in the southern half of the country, +9 to +17°C in the mountainous regions of the southeast and east of the republic).
The last month of summer, August, is expected to be hot across most of the country. Temperatures are forecast to be 1-2°C above normal, with temperatures around normal only in the southeastern half of the republic (normal: +20-28°C across most of the republic, +16-19°C in the northeastern half, and +11-15°C in the mountainous regions of the east and southeast).
Weather forecast for Kazakhstan for the summer of 2026
As for precipitation, moderate precipitation is expected across most of the republic in summer, with lower than normal precipitation expected in:
June - in the southwest, and in some areas of the north and center of the country (normal: 25-49 mm across most of the republic, 1.7-24 mm in the southwestern half, and 51-155 mm in some areas of the north and in the mountainous regions of the southeast and east);
In July — in the west, southwest, south, and southeast of the republic (the norm: 25-49 mm in most of the republic, 1.4-24 mm in the southwestern half, 50-84 mm in certain areas of the northwest, north, center, and east of the country, and in the mountainous regions of the southeast and east of the republic);
In August — in the southwest, center, and certain areas of the south and east of Kazakhstan (the norm: 1-24 mm in most of the republic, 25-49 mm in the north, most of the northwest, east, and southeast of the country, and 50-63 mm in certain areas of the north, east, and southeast of the republic).
