Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavl weather
in October.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Petropavl: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kokshetau (177 km away). In October its highs average 7.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Petropavl, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Petropavl ranks 26th of 26 for the warmest October highs and joint 20th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 12.6°C; Petropavl is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.3°C to -3.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 34 mm to 29 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kokshetau in OctoberKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Kurgan in OctoberRussia · 250 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Omsk in OctoberRussia · 270 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Tyumen in OctoberRussia · 339 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Shadrinsk in OctoberRussia · 372 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Tobolsk in OctoberRussia · 374 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Kostanay in OctoberKazakhstan · 405 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Astana in OctoberKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.6°C · 26 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.