Shymkent
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About
Shymkent is a city in southern Kazakhstan, located near the border with Uzbekistan. It holds the status of a city of republican significance, one of only three cities in Kazakhstan with this distinction, alongside Almaty and Astana. As of June 2018, Shymkent had an estimated population of 1,002,291, making it the third-most populous city in the country, after Almaty and Astana.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Shymkent, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Shymkent
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
30° / 15°
UV High
Sat
Drizzle
33° / 17°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
34° / 19°
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
35° / 19°
0.6 mm
UV High
Tue
Showers
24° / 17°
10.0 mm
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
27° / 17°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
39° / 2°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.6h
05:01 – 19:34local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Shymkent
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Shymkent International Airport (CIT) at 13 km.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 4.0, GaelVector.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.