Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Karakol: daytime highs average -1.7°C and nights cool to about -12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almaty (147 km away). In February its highs average 0.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Karakol, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Karakol ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 2 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 2 cities is 1.6°C; Karakol is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 3.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 23 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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
February in nearby cities
- Almaty in FebruaryKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Wensu in FebruaryChina · 204 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Aqsu in FebruaryChina · 213 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -6.9°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Qarasu in FebruaryChina · 251 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -9.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Huocheng in FebruaryChina · 265 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -8.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in FebruaryKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -10.6°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in FebruaryChina · 285 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Tumxuk in FebruaryChina · 297 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -4.5°C · 2.0 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.