Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanaozen weather
in October.
A mild, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Zhanaozen: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aktau (141 km away). In October its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Zhanaozen, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Zhanaozen ranks joint 4th of 26 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 12.6°C; Zhanaozen is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.4°C to 8.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 14 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
Zhanaozen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.5°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 18 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 19 | 3.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 31.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 12 | 2.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 32.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.2 | 1.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.1 | 1.9 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Aktau in OctoberKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Türkmenbaşy in OctoberTurkmenistan · 369 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Derbent in OctoberRussia · 400 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Sumgayit in OctoberAzerbaijan · 404 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in OctoberAzerbaijan · 405 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Baku in OctoberAzerbaijan · 411 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Khirdalan in OctoberAzerbaijan · 412 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Atyrau in OctoberKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 17 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 Zhanaozen) is explained once on the Zhanaozen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.