Aktobe climate

Name: Aktobe
Address: KZ

Aktobe is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -15 °C. April is the wettest month (36 mm) and September the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Aktobe averages 354 mm of rain, 76 days above 25 °C and 170 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 500,757 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 28 °C
Coldest month January -15 °C
Driest month September 22 mm
Wettest month April 36 mm
Least cloud August 41 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -37 °C

What to expectAktobe through the year

Aktobe has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -9.0 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 35 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 76 days a year reach 25 °C, 31 of them reach 30 °C, 170 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 22 mm in September to 36 mm in April. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-9.0 °C	26 mm	82 %
February	-7.8 °C	23 mm	78 %
March	-0.6 °C	33 mm	71 %
April	12.4 °C	36 mm	60 %
May	20.8 °C	35 mm	48 %
June	26.4 °C	30 mm	44 %
July	28.2 °C	34 mm	41 %
August	27.2 °C	24 mm	41 %
September	20.1 °C	22 mm	49 %
October	11.0 °C	32 mm	61 %
November	0.3 °C	28 mm	72 %
December	-6.5 °C	31 mm	81 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-9.0 °C	-15.4 °C	-12.0 °C	3.6 °C	-37.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-7.8 °C	-14.8 °C	-11.0 °C	4.2 °C	-37.2 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.6 °C	-8.6 °C	-4.3 °C	20.7 °C	-27.2 °C	0	0	30
April	12.4 °C	0.7 °C	7.0 °C	28.1 °C	-16.7 °C	1	0	14
May	20.8 °C	8.4 °C	15.3 °C	34.8 °C	-4.5 °C	7	1	1
June	26.4 °C	14.3 °C	21.1 °C	37.3 °C	1.3 °C	18	7	0
July	28.2 °C	16.7 °C	23.1 °C	40.5 °C	8.7 °C	23	11	0
August	27.2 °C	15.3 °C	21.8 °C	39.3 °C	4.3 °C	20	10	0
September	20.1 °C	9.2 °C	14.8 °C	36.2 °C	-3.1 °C	6	1	1
October	11.0 °C	2.0 °C	6.5 °C	27.4 °C	-9.7 °C	0	0	10
November	0.3 °C	-5.9 °C	-2.8 °C	15.2 °C	-29.0 °C	0	0	25
December	-6.5 °C	-12.6 °C	-9.3 °C	7.1 °C	-35.4 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	26 mm	7	8.5 h/day	82 %	84 %	23 km/h
February	23 mm	6	10 h/day	78 %	84 %	24 km/h
March	33 mm	7	12 h/day	71 %	83 %	24 km/h
April	36 mm	7	14 h/day	60 %	65 %	22 km/h
May	35 mm	7	15 h/day	48 %	56 %	20 km/h
June	30 mm	6	16 h/day	44 %	50 %	19 km/h
July	34 mm	7	16 h/day	41 %	50 %	19 km/h
August	24 mm	4	15 h/day	41 %	48 %	19 km/h
September	22 mm	5	13 h/day	49 %	53 %	19 km/h
October	32 mm	6	11 h/day	61 %	65 %	19 km/h
November	28 mm	6	9.0 h/day	72 %	76 %	19 km/h
December	31 mm	8	8.1 h/day	81 %	82 %	20 km/h

How Aktobe compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Aktobe	28 °C	-15 °C	354 mm	76
Orsk · Russia	27 °C	-16 °C	352 mm	69
Orenburg · Russia	28 °C	-15 °C	392 mm	71
Magnitogorsk · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	403 mm	41
Sterlitamak · Russia	25 °C	-15 °C	569 mm	43
Oral · Kazakhstan	29 °C	-13 °C	365 mm	78
Atyrau · Kazakhstan	33 °C	-8.7 °C	186 mm	109

Where Aktobe ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in March	9thof 50	-0.6 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	14thof 50	-7.8 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	18thof 50	89/100
The coolest places in Asia in October	23rdof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	28thof 50	0.3 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	32ndof 50	10 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aktobe.

QuestionsCommon questions about Aktobe’s climate

When is the best time to visit Aktobe?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Aktobe get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 31 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -15 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 170 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Aktobe?

April, averaging 36 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is September with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 354 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Aktobe rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.