Climate averages 1991–2020
Kokshetau weather
in October.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Kokshetau: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Petropavl (177 km away). In October its highs average 6.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kokshetau, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kokshetau ranks 25th of 26 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 12.6°C; Kokshetau is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.7°C to -2.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 30 mm to 22 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
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 | -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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Petropavl in OctoberKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Astana in OctoberKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Omsk in OctoberRussia · 321 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Kurgan in OctoberRussia · 356 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Kostanay in OctoberKazakhstan · 384 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Rudnyy in OctoberKazakhstan · 420 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Temirtau in OctoberKazakhstan · 435 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in OctoberKazakhstan · 437 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 Kokshetau) is explained once on the Kokshetau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.