Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhezqazghan weather
in October.
A cool, fairly 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 cool month in Zhezqazghan: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyzylorda (368 km away). In October its highs average 16.7°C, 4.4°C warmer than Zhezqazghan, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Zhezqazghan ranks 12th of 26 for the warmest October highs and joint 7th of 26 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 26 cities is 12.6°C; Zhezqazghan is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.9°C to 1.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 17 mm to 19 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
Zhezqazghan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.7°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 14 | 4.6 | 8.99 h |
| February | -6.5°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 16 | 4.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 2.7°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 19 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 20 | 4.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 19 | 4.6 | 15.115 h |
| June | 28.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 17 | 4.2 | 15.916 h |
| July | 29.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 18 | 4.8 | 15.616 h |
| August | 28.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 7.2 | 1.8 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 12.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 17 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 1.4°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 19 | 5.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | -6.0°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 17 | 5.0 | 8.58 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
- Kyzylorda in OctoberKazakhstan · 368 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Baikonur in OctoberKazakhstan · 413 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Karagandy in OctoberKazakhstan · 454 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Temirtau in OctoberKazakhstan · 458 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Astana in OctoberKazakhstan · 463 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Turkistan in OctoberKazakhstan · 502 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Balqash in OctoberKazakhstan · 558 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Taraz in OctoberKazakhstan · 615 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 31 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 Zhezqazghan) is explained once on the Zhezqazghan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.