Climate averages 1991–2020
Astana weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Astana: daytime highs average -8.8°C and nights cool to about -16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temirtau (165 km away). In February its highs average -9.2°C, about as warm as Astana, with 18 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Astana ranks joint 21st of 26 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 26 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Astana is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.7°C to -1.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 15 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Temirtau in FebruaryKazakhstan · 165 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -17.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Karagandy in FebruaryKazakhstan · 193 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -16.7°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Kokshetau in FebruaryKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -15.9°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in FebruaryKazakhstan · 275 kmHigh -8.4°C · Low -16.4°C · 9.7 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in FebruaryKazakhstan · 399 kmHigh -9.5°C · Low -17.0°C · 9.7 mm precipitation
- Petropavl in FebruaryKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -16.4°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Omsk in FebruaryRussia · 443 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -17.5°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Zhezqazghan in FebruaryKazakhstan · 463 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -15.3°C · 16 mm precipitation
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.