Jambyl Region · Kazakhstan
Taraz travel guide
Taraz is a city in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan, home to about 418,000 people.
- Best months
- April, May and September
- Nearest airport
- DMB6 km · Taraz International Airport
- Currency
- KZTKazakhstani tenge
- Time zone
- Asia/Almaty
- Language
- Kazakh, Russian
About
About Taraz
Taraz (Kazakh: Тараз; also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a population of 330,100 as of the 1999 census, up 9% from 1989, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, after Astana and Turkistan.
Nowadays a near-border city between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Taraz was once right in the heart of the Silk Road. Taraz first entered the history books over 2000 years ago when Han and Xiongnu forces warred here. The Soviets changed the name of the city to Zhambyl in the 1930s but soon after Kazakhstan's independence, the name was changed back to Taraz.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Taraz
See
- Zhengis Park
- Aisha Bibi Mausoleum
- Dautbek Shamansur Mausoleum
- Prezidentskiy Park
Do
- Taraz Central Stadium
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When to go
The best time to visit Taraz
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Taraz are April, May and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; April is the wettest, with about 55 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Taraz: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Taraz International Airport (DMB), about 6.1 km from the city centre in a straight line.
DMB · Taraz International Airport
Questions
Taraz: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Taraz?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Taraz are April, May and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; April is the wettest, with about 55 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Taraz?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Taraz International Airport (DMB), about 6.1 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Taraz?
Kazakhstani tenge (KZT).
Nearby
Destinations near Taraz
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.