Climate averages 1991–2020
Astrakhan weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Astrakhan: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elista (291 km away). In October its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Astrakhan, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Astrakhan ranks joint 15th of 236 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Astrakhan is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.2°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 18 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
Astrakhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 4.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 1.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 26 | 4.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 15.716 h |
| July | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 15 | 3.3 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 4.6 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.79 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
- Elista in OctoberRussia · 291 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Atyrau in OctoberKazakhstan · 305 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in OctoberRussia · 363 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Volzhsky in OctoberRussia · 365 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Volgograd in OctoberRussia · 374 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Makhachkala in OctoberRussia · 377 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Grozny in OctoberRussia · 385 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in OctoberRussia · 387 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 39 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 Astrakhan) is explained once on the Astrakhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.