Tashkent vs Shymkent: which is sunnier?
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan vs 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · 124 km apart · long-term climate normals (NASA POWER, 2001–2020)
Tashkent and Shymkent are virtually tied for annual sunshine — about 2,929 vs 2,974 hours a year. Month by month it's balanced: each has the higher Sunshine Score in 2 months, with 8 within 2 points.
Scores are the 0–100 Sunshine Score — sunshine, daytime warmth and dryness in one number, per month.
At a glance
| Tashkent | Shymkent | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine hours / year | 2,929 | 2,974 |
| Sunniest month | September (96/100) | September (96/100) |
| Nov–Feb average score | 9/100 | 5/100 |
| Jun–Aug average score | 54/100 | 60/100 |
| Rain / year | 413 mm | 511 mm |
| Peak midday UV | 9 (very high) | 9 (very high) |
Tashkent vs Shymkent month by month
| Month | Sunshine Score | Day high °C | Rain mm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tashkent | Shymkent | Tashkent | Shymkent | Tashkent | Shymkent | |
| January | 0 | 0 | 6° | 3° | 46 | 59 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 8° | 6° | 59 | 69 |
| March | 50 | 42 | 15° | 14° | 62 | 73 |
| April | 86 | 85 | 22° | 20° | 56 | 65 |
| May | 91 | 89 | 29° | 28° | 31 | 42 |
| June | 66 | 75 | 35° | 34° | 13 | 18 |
| July | 38 | 48 | 38° | 37° | 4 | 7 |
| August | 57 | 58 | 36° | 36° | 3 | 4 |
| September | 96 | 96 | 30° | 29° | 4 | 6 |
| October | 92 | 90 | 21° | 20° | 26 | 37 |
| November | 36 | 21 | 13° | 11° | 53 | 65 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 7° | 4° | 56 | 66 |
The sunnier month by month: Jan even · Feb even · Mar Tashkent · Apr even · May even · Jun Shymkent · Jul Shymkent · Aug even · Sep even · Oct even · Nov Tashkent · Dec even.
When to pick which
- November–February: Tashkent (average score 9/100 vs 5). Tashkent is the warmer, around 9°C daytime highs vs 6°C. See the winter sun ranking.
- March–May: Tashkent (average score 76/100 vs 72). Daytime highs are similar (22°C vs 21°C).
- June–August: Shymkent (average score 60/100 vs 54). Daytime highs are similar (36°C vs 36°C).
- September–October: too close to call — Tashkent averages 94/100, Shymkent 93/100. Daytime highs are similar (26°C vs 25°C).
Full month-by-month guides: Tashkent weather by month · Shymkent weather by month · Best time to visit Uzbekistan · Best time to visit Kazakhstan.
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