Climate averages 1991–2020
Karagandy weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Karagandy: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temirtau (30 km away). In April its highs average 11.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Karagandy, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Karagandy ranks 19th of 26 for the warmest April highs and joint 16th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 14.3°C; Karagandy is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.5°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 35 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
Karagandy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.7°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 18 | 5.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | -8.7°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 19 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | -1.2°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 25 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 30 | 6.8 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 35 | 7.5 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 44 | 8.3 | 16.316 h |
| July | 25.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 51 | 10.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 30 | 6.1 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.5°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 28 | 6.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | -1.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 28 | 6.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | -8.4°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 23 | 6.8 | 8.28 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
- Temirtau in AprilKazakhstan · 30 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Astana in AprilKazakhstan · 193 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in AprilKazakhstan · 265 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Balqash in AprilKazakhstan · 357 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Pavlodar in AprilKazakhstan · 386 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Zhezqazghan in AprilKazakhstan · 454 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Kokshetau in AprilKazakhstan · 464 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Semey in AprilKazakhstan · 514 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 0.6°C · 23 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 Karagandy) is explained once on the Karagandy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.