Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavl weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Petropavl: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kokshetau (177 km away). In August its highs average 22.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Petropavl, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Petropavl ranks 26th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 26th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Petropavl is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kokshetau in AugustKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Kurgan in AugustRussia · 250 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Omsk in AugustRussia · 270 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Tyumen in AugustRussia · 339 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Shadrinsk in AugustRussia · 372 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Tobolsk in AugustRussia · 374 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Kostanay in AugustKazakhstan · 405 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Astana in AugustKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 34 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.