Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Karakol: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almaty (147 km away). In September its highs average 21.2°C, 5.4°C warmer than Karakol, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Karakol ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 2 cities is 20.1°C; Karakol is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Almaty in SeptemberKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Wensu in SeptemberChina · 204 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Aqsu in SeptemberChina · 213 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Qarasu in SeptemberChina · 251 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Huocheng in SeptemberChina · 265 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in SeptemberKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Ghulja in SeptemberChina · 285 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Tumxuk in SeptemberChina · 297 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.8 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.