Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in November.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Aktau: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In November its highs average 8.0°C, 1.4°C cooler than Aktau, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks 3rd of 26 for the warmest November highs and joint 4th of 26 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 26 cities is 2.6°C; Aktau is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Zhanaozen in NovemberKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Derbent in NovemberRussia · 295 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in NovemberRussia · 299 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Makhachkala in NovemberRussia · 307 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Sumgayit in NovemberAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in NovemberRussia · 373 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Khirdalan in NovemberAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in NovemberAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 36 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.