Climate averages 1991–2020
Kokshetau weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kokshetau: daytime highs average -8.8°C and nights cool to about -15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Petropavl (177 km away). In February its highs average -9.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kokshetau, with 14 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kokshetau ranks joint 21st of 26 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 26 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Kokshetau is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.7°C to -1.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 10 mm to 18 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
Kokshetau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.8°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | -8.8°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 10 | 3.1 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 30 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 41 | 8.6 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 9.1 | 16.917 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 80 | 11.8 | 16.416 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 32 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 7.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 30 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | -2.8°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 22 | 5.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 17 | 5.6 | 7.68 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
- Petropavl in FebruaryKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -16.4°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Astana in FebruaryKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -16.7°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Omsk in FebruaryRussia · 321 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -17.5°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in FebruaryRussia · 356 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -16.6°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Kostanay in FebruaryKazakhstan · 384 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -16.0°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Rudnyy in FebruaryKazakhstan · 420 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -16.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in FebruaryKazakhstan · 435 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -17.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in FebruaryKazakhstan · 437 kmHigh -8.4°C · Low -16.4°C · 9.7 mm precipitation
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 Kokshetau) is explained once on the Kokshetau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.