Climate averages 1991–2020
Atyrau weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Atyrau: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Astrakhan (305 km away). In April its highs average 16.2°C, about as warm as Atyrau, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Atyrau ranks 8th of 26 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 14.3°C; Atyrau is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.3°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 24 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
Atyrau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 15 | 4.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 13 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 24.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 24 | 5.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 30.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 15.516 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.8 | 1.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.1 | 2.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | -0.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 16 | 4.3 | 8.69 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
- Astrakhan in AprilRussia · 305 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Aktau in AprilKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in AprilKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Oral in AprilKazakhstan · 462 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Aktobe in AprilKazakhstan · 526 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Volzhsky in AprilRussia · 561 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Orenburg in AprilRussia · 568 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Makhachkala in AprilRussia · 574 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 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 Atyrau) is explained once on the Atyrau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.