Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
by month.
See how the year changes. July has the highest average daily maximum; February (tied with January) has the lowest average monthly precipitation.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Karakol averages a daytime high of 8.3°C and a nighttime low of -2.1°C, with about 753 mm of precipitation on roughly 151 days. July is the warmest month (average high 19.5°C) and January the coolest (-4.6°C). May is the wettest month with 101 mm; February (tied with January) is the driest with 23 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Karakol
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
Karakol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.6°C-14.6°C | -14.6°C | 23 | 5.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.7°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 23 | 6.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 3.2°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 70 | 12.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 13.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 16.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 94 | 18.3 | 15.215 h |
| July | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 97 | 18.5 | 15.015 h |
| August | 19.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 18.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 15.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 78 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 9.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 65 | 12.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | -3.1°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 30 | 7.1 | 9.19 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
Nearby cities
- AlmatyKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 852 mm precipitation a year
- WensuChina · 204 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 132 mm rain a year
- AqsuChina · 213 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 132 mm rain a year
- QarasuChina · 251 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 376 mm rain a year
- HuochengChina · 265 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 207 mm rain a year
- TaldykorganKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 432 mm precipitation a year
- GhuljaChina · 285 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 289 mm rain a year
- TumxukChina · 297 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 64 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+6, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 42.50°, 78.40° (1 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 1.0°C for the difference between the city's elevation (1,770 m) and the cell's (1,920 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 42.50°, 78.50°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.