Climate averages 1991–2020
Baikonur weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Baikonur: daytime highs average -0.8°C and nights cool to about -9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.7 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyzylorda (192 km away). In February its highs average 0.9°C, 1.7°C warmer than Baikonur, with 11 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Baikonur ranks 10th of 26 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 26 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Baikonur is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 9.0°C to 8.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 9.7 mm to 17 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
Baikonur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 9.5 | 3.0 | 9.19 h |
| February, selected | -0.8°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 16 | 3.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 26.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 13 | 3.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 32.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 7.1 | 1.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 6.0 | 1.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.7°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.510 h |
| December | -2.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 13 | 3.5 | 8.89 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
- Kyzylorda in FebruaryKazakhstan · 192 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -8.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Zhezqazghan in FebruaryKazakhstan · 413 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -15.3°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Qŭnghirot in FebruaryUzbekistan · 457 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -5.6°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Nukus in FebruaryUzbekistan · 460 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -5.1°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Turkistan in FebruaryKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Daşoguz in FebruaryTurkmenistan · 499 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -4.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Urganch in FebruaryUzbekistan · 501 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Xiva in FebruaryUzbekistan · 527 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -3.4°C · 11 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 Baikonur) is explained once on the Baikonur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.