Climate averages 1991–2020
Balqash weather
in October.
A cool, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Balqash: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (332 km away). In October its highs average 15.9°C, 4.9°C warmer than Balqash, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Balqash ranks joint 14th of 26 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 12.6°C; Balqash is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.5°C to 1.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 10 mm to 16 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
Balqash climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.9°C-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 10 | 3.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | -6.5°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 9.9 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 1.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 11 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 15 | 3.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 15 | 3.4 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 10 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 1.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 16 | 4.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | -5.7°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 13 | 3.5 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Taldykorgan in OctoberKazakhstan · 332 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Karagandy in OctoberKazakhstan · 357 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Temirtau in OctoberKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Sarqant in OctoberKazakhstan · 412 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Almaty in OctoberKazakhstan · 427 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Qarasu in OctoberChina · 515 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Taraz in OctoberKazakhstan · 523 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in OctoberKazakhstan · 543 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 24 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 Balqash) is explained once on the Balqash year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.