KazakhstanIsland

Tyuleniy Archipelago

204 km² of land in the Caspian Sea.

N 10 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

204km²

Area

198km

Coastline

120m

Highest point

26°C

Warmest sea

July

When to go to Tyuleniy Archipelago

Best for the beach from June to August.

The sea is warmest in July (26 °C) and coolest in February (2 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to August.

3°0°-4°

Jan3

2°0°-3°

Feb2

4°6°2°

Mar3

10°13°9°

Apr3

17°21°17°

May3

23°26°23°

Jun2

26°29°26°

Jul2

26°28°25°

Aug2

21°22°19°

Sep2

15°15°11°

Oct3

9°7°4°

Nov3

5°2°-1°

Dec3

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island group

Tyuleniy Archipelago is an island in Kazakhstan. It covers 204 km², with 198 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 120 m.

Getting there

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From June to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 0 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Tyuleniy Archipelago204 km²

Malta247 km²

Madeira Island742 km²

20 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	0	0	6	13	21	26	29	28	22	15	7	2
Night low (°C)	-4	-3	2	9	17	23	26	25	19	11	4	-1
Sea (°C)	3	2	4	10	17	23	26	26	21	15	9	5
Rain (mm)	12	7	14	17	13	8	11	6	9	12	15	12
Wet days	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Sun h/day	1.8	3.2	5.3	7.3	9.1	10.5	10.0	9.4	8.1	5.4	3.0	1.6
Wind (km/h)	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	21	21	22	24

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+1.6	+1.8	+1.6	−0.3	−0.6	±0.0	+0.8	−0.3	+1.1	+0.3	+0.6	−0.7
2021	+0.2	+1.3	−1.1	+0.1	+0.6	±0.0	−0.1	+0.8	−0.1	−0.1	+0.5	+0.2
2022	−0.7	+0.9	+0.1	+1.5	−1.3	−0.7	−1.0	±0.0	+0.7	+0.4	−0.5	−1.6
2023	−2.0	−2.0	+1.3	+1.6	−0.2	−0.5	+0.3	+0.4	±0.0	+1.0	+1.5	+0.5
2024	−0.5	−0.8	±0.0	+4.1	−1.2	+1.1	+0.7	+0.6	−0.8	−0.2	+0.2	−1.3
2025	+0.3	−0.4	−1.2	+1.9	+0.3	+0.2	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	+1.4	−0.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Ukatny

Kazakhstan13 km²118 km away

Zhanbay Island

Kazakhstan88 km²149 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q301971) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons