Climate averages 1991–2020

Kostanay weather
in October.

A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 8.8°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 1.6°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 33 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kostanay · average highYear overview

October is a cool month in Kostanay: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rudnyy (44 km away). In October its highs average 9.1°C, about as warm as Kostanay, with 32 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kostanay ranks 24th of 26 for the warmest October highs and 19th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 12.6°C; Kostanay is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 10.7°C to -1.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kostanay climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kostanay, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -10.9°C-17.3°C-17.3°C175.28.18 h
February -8.9°C-16.0°C-16.0°C175.09.810 h
March -1.2°C-9.2°C-9.2°C245.711.812 h
April 11.0°C-0.1°C-0.1°C296.513.914 h
May 19.3°C7.8°C7.8°C458.515.816 h
June 24.3°C14.0°C14.0°C407.916.917 h
July 25.3°C16.0°C16.0°C528.916.416 h
August 23.8°C14.5°C14.5°C467.814.815 h
September 17.3°C8.7°C8.7°C326.312.713 h
October, selected 8.8°C1.6°C1.6°C337.010.611 h
November -1.9°C-7.6°C-7.6°C246.08.79 h
December -8.8°C-15.2°C-15.2°C236.27.68 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

Distance from Kostanay

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kostanay) is explained once on the Kostanay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.