Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavl weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Petropavl: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about -0.9°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 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kokshetau (177 km away). In April its highs average 10.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Petropavl, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Petropavl ranks 26th 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; Petropavl is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.5°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 39 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
Petropavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.2°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 15 | 5.1 | 7.98 h |
| February | -9.6°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 14 | 4.9 | 9.610 h |
| March | -1.7°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 9.0°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 30 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 39 | 8.0 | 16.116 h |
| June | 22.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 55 | 10.2 | 17.217 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 14.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 38 | 8.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 34 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.7°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 29 | 7.8 | 8.58 h |
| December | -9.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 21 | 6.7 | 7.37 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
- Kokshetau in AprilKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Kurgan in AprilRussia · 250 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -0.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Omsk in AprilRussia · 270 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Tyumen in AprilRussia · 339 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Shadrinsk in AprilRussia · 372 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Tobolsk in AprilRussia · 374 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Kostanay in AprilKazakhstan · 405 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Astana in AprilKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 25 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 Petropavl) is explained once on the Petropavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.