Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Aktau: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In September its highs average 25.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Aktau, with 8.1 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks joint 6th of 26 for the warmest September highs and 8th of 26 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 26 cities is 20.9°C; Aktau is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.6 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Zhanaozen in SeptemberKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Derbent in SeptemberRussia · 295 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in SeptemberRussia · 299 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Makhachkala in SeptemberRussia · 307 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Sumgayit in SeptemberAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in SeptemberRussia · 373 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Khirdalan in SeptemberAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in SeptemberAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 19 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.