Climate averages 1991–2020
Baikonur weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Baikonur: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes June a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 38 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyzylorda (192 km away). In June its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Baikonur, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Baikonur ranks 3rd of 26 for the warmest June highs and 2nd of 26 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 26 cities is 27.0°C; Baikonur is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.1 mm to 6.0 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | -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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Kyzylorda in JuneKazakhstan · 192 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Zhezqazghan in JuneKazakhstan · 413 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in JuneUzbekistan · 457 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Nukus in JuneUzbekistan · 460 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Turkistan in JuneKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Daşoguz in JuneTurkmenistan · 499 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Urganch in JuneUzbekistan · 501 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Xiva in JuneUzbekistan · 527 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 4.0 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.