Karagandy
City in Kazakhstan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Караганда, Собор Пресвятой Девы Марии Фатимской: Nikolai Bulykin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Karagandy is a city in Kazakhstan, in Karaganda. About 497,777 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Kazakhstan in our atlas.
It lies at 49.80° N, 73.10° E, about 545 m (1,788 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Almaty time zone.
Location
Red dot: Karagandy. Green dots: other major cities of Kazakhstan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Karagandy has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (79°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -20°C (-4°F). Around 380 mm (15 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in KazakhstanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Astana · 194 km
- Pavlodar · 390 km
- Kyzylorda · 773 km
- Taraz · 776 km
- Almaty · 777 km
- Shymkent · 869 km
- Aktobe · 1,140 km
- Oral · 1,561 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 609655 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q484706 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Караганда, Собор Пресвятой Девы Марии Фатимской: Nikolai Bulykin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Shakhtyor Stadium (Karagandy) 2013-05-22 18.11.25: Satkangulov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ак Жолтай - panoramio: Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Карагандинский областной казахский драматический театр имени С.Сейфуллина: Kaiyr, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ледовый дворец - panoramio (1): Nikolay Olkhovoy, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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