Climate averages 1991–2020
Astana weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Astana: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temirtau (165 km away). In October its highs average 9.1°C, about as warm as Astana, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Astana ranks 23rd of 26 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 12.6°C; Astana is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 11.1°C to -2.1°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 26 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Temirtau in OctoberKazakhstan · 165 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Karagandy in OctoberKazakhstan · 193 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Kokshetau in OctoberKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in OctoberKazakhstan · 275 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Pavlodar in OctoberKazakhstan · 399 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Petropavl in OctoberKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Omsk in OctoberRussia · 443 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Zhezqazghan in OctoberKazakhstan · 463 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 17 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.