Climate averages 1991–2020

Turkistan weather
in February.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 5.1°C Daytime mean, February

Average low -4.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 33 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in Turkistan: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (155 km away). In February its highs average 6.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Turkistan, with 79 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Turkistan ranks 2nd of 26 for the warmest February highs and 23rd of 26 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Turkistan is 8.9°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 7.6°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 37 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Turkistan climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Turkistan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	2.2°C-6.2°C	-6.2°C	35	8.0	9.49 h
February, selected	5.1°C-4.5°C	-4.5°C	33	6.7	10.510 h
March	12.7°C1.7°C	1.7°C	37	7.2	11.912 h
April	20.5°C8.9°C	8.9°C	32	6.5	13.413 h
May	27.3°C15.1°C	15.1°C	27	4.6	14.715 h
June	33.1°C20.3°C	20.3°C	9.6	2.2	15.315 h
July	35.2°C22.7°C	22.7°C	5.6	1.3	15.015 h
August	33.9°C21.5°C	21.5°C	2.9	0.7	14.014 h
September	27.6°C15.4°C	15.4°C	2.0	0.6	12.513 h
October	19.4°C7.7°C	7.7°C	13	2.9	11.111 h
November	10.3°C0.8°C	0.8°C	33	6.0	9.810 h
December	4.0°C-4.5°C	-4.5°C	32	6.8	9.09 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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

Distance from Turkistan

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 Turkistan) is explained once on the Turkistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.