Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Aktau: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In April its highs average 18.3°C, 2.6°C warmer than Aktau, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks 9th of 26 for the warmest April highs and joint 4th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 14.3°C; Aktau is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aktau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 14 | 4.0 | 9.39 h |
| February | 4.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 10 | 3.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 16 | 3.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 12 | 2.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.6 | 2.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Zhanaozen in AprilKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Derbent in AprilRussia · 295 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in AprilRussia · 299 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Makhachkala in AprilRussia · 307 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Sumgayit in AprilAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AprilRussia · 373 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Khirdalan in AprilAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in AprilAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 20 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aktau) is explained once on the Aktau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.