Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in February.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Aktau: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In February its highs average 3.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Aktau, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks 3rd of 26 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 26 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Aktau is 8.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Zhanaozen in FebruaryKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Derbent in FebruaryRussia · 295 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in FebruaryRussia · 299 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Makhachkala in FebruaryRussia · 307 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Sumgayit in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in FebruaryRussia · 373 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Khirdalan in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 3.9°C · 24 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.