Shymkent
City in Kazakhstan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Shymkent independence square in 2023: ほっきー, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Shymkent is a city in Kazakhstan. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Kazakhstan in our atlas.
It lies at 42.31° N, 69.60° E, about 520 m (1,706 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Almaty time zone.
Location
Red dot: Shymkent. Green dots: other major cities of Kazakhstan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Shymkent has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 37°C (99°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (22°F). Around 511 mm (20 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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
- Taraz · 160 km
- Kyzylorda · 439 km
- Almaty · 609 km
- Karagandy · 880 km
- Astana · 996 km
- Pavlodar · 1,261 km
- Aktobe · 1,348 km
- Oral · 1,792 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1518980 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q485496 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Shymkent independence square in 2023: ほっきー, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kazhymukan-Munaitpasov- Stadium-Shymkent-Kazakhstan: TheGreatSteppe, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kazakhstan Shymkent Park Nezavisimosti 1: Eurovaran, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Africa-Section-of-Zoo-Shymkent: TheGreatSteppe, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
