Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Karakol: daytime highs average 9.2°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almaty (147 km away). In April its highs average 14.0°C, 4.8°C warmer than Karakol, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Karakol ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 2 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 2 cities is 13.1°C; Karakol is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
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, selected | 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
April in nearby cities
- Almaty in AprilKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Wensu in AprilChina · 204 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Aqsu in AprilChina · 213 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Qarasu in AprilChina · 251 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Huocheng in AprilChina · 265 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in AprilKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Ghulja in AprilChina · 285 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Tumxuk in AprilChina · 297 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 4.2 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 Karakol) is explained once on the Karakol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.