Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarqant weather
in February.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Sarqant: daytime highs average 0.1°C and nights cool to about -9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (129 km away). In February its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Sarqant, with 28 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Sarqant ranks 9th of 26 for the warmest February highs and 22nd of 26 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Sarqant is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 5.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 30 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Sarqant climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 28 | 6.4 | 9.29 h |
| February, selected | 0.1°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 6.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 5.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 71 | 10.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 50 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 25.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 53 | 8.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 6.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | -0.3°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 8.89 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
February in nearby cities
- Taldykorgan in FebruaryKazakhstan · 129 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -10.6°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in FebruaryChina · 140 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -9.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Huocheng in FebruaryChina · 169 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -8.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Bole in FebruaryChina · 178 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -10.3°C · 6.9 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in FebruaryChina · 200 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Tacheng in FebruaryChina · 277 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -11.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Almaty in FebruaryKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in FebruaryChina · 345 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 21 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 Sarqant) is explained once on the Sarqant year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.