Climate averages 1991–2020
Astana weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Astana: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temirtau (165 km away). In April its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Astana, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Astana ranks 20th of 26 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 14.3°C; Astana is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Astana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.8°C-17.9°C | -17.9°C | 14 | 4.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.8°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 15 | 4.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | -1.1°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 20 | 6.0 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 25 | 6.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 35 | 7.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 45 | 8.6 | 16.516 h |
| July | 25.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 11.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 25 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.9°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 26 | 6.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | -2.1°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 26 | 6.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | -8.7°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 21 | 6.3 | 8.08 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Temirtau in AprilKazakhstan · 165 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Karagandy in AprilKazakhstan · 193 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Kokshetau in AprilKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in AprilKazakhstan · 275 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Pavlodar in AprilKazakhstan · 399 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Petropavl in AprilKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Omsk in AprilRussia · 443 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Zhezqazghan in AprilKazakhstan · 463 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 1.9°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 Astana) is explained once on the Astana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.