Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Karakol: daytime highs average 9.2°C and nights cool to about -2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almaty (147 km away). In October its highs average 14.0°C, 4.8°C warmer than Karakol, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Karakol ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 13.3°C; Karakol is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 2.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 65 mm to 42 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Almaty in OctoberKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Wensu in OctoberChina · 204 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Aqsu in OctoberChina · 213 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 4.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Qarasu in OctoberChina · 251 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Huocheng in OctoberChina · 265 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in OctoberKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Ghulja in OctoberChina · 285 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 3.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Tumxuk in OctoberChina · 297 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 2.7 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.