Overview

Ulken is a kitesurfing spot located on Lake Balkhash in the Jambyl region of Kazakhstan. The body of water is flat and vast, offering good conditions for kitesurfing with the regular winds of the Kazakh steppe.

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Spot forecast for Ulken - Lake Balkhash

Sunrise 06:26 · Sunset 17:11

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Ulken - Lake Balkhash: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

431h

in May · 31 rideable days

The season runs from April to October, peaking in May: 30 rideable days a month and 431 hours of usable wind, at 23 °C. The low point is November, at 22 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 69%13-20 knots · 29%21-30 knots · 2%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 69% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is February, at -4 °C. The wettest month is March, with 40 mm.

Monthly averages: Ulken - Lake Balkhash

Monthly averages — Ulken - Lake Balkhash — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	22.5	202 h	-3 °C	27 mm
February	26.0	255 h	-4 °C	16 mm
March	25.5	239 h	4 °C	40 mm
April	29.5	330 h	16 °C	13 mm
May	31.0	431 h	24 °C	29 mm
June	30.0	385 h	31 °C	15 mm
July	30.0	406 h	31 °C	18 mm
August	30.5	369 h	29 °C	3 mm
September	29.0	346 h	20 °C	11 mm
October	28.5	262 h	12 °C	27 mm
November	22.0	200 h	5 °C	23 mm
December	23.0	188 h	-1 °C	12 mm

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Technical details of Ulken - Lake Balkhash spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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