Astana climate

Name: Astana
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Astana is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -18 °C. July is the wettest month (58 mm) and January the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Astana averages 351 mm of rain, 54 days above 25 °C and 183 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 1,544,142 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month January -18 °C
Driest month January 15 mm
Wettest month July 58 mm
Least cloud August 47 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record December -43 °C

What to expectAstana through the year

Astana has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -11 °C in January to 25 °C in July, a swing of 35 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 54 days a year reach 25 °C, 15 of them reach 30 °C, 183 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 58 mm against 15 mm in January — 3.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-11.0 °C	15 mm	79 %
February	-8.9 °C	15 mm	78 %
March	-1.2 °C	21 mm	69 %
April	11.7 °C	26 mm	56 %
May	19.7 °C	36 mm	51 %
June	24.6 °C	46 mm	50 %
July	25.3 °C	58 mm	51 %
August	24.2 °C	34 mm	47 %
September	17.6 °C	25 mm	52 %
October	8.9 °C	27 mm	63 %
November	-2.2 °C	27 mm	75 %
December	-8.8 °C	22 mm	80 %

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	-11.0 °C	-18.4 °C	-14.4 °C	3.0 °C	-41.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.9 °C	-17.3 °C	-12.8 °C	5.3 °C	-37.4 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.2 °C	-10.7 °C	-5.6 °C	21.6 °C	-34.2 °C	0	0	30
April	11.7 °C	-1.0 °C	5.8 °C	27.8 °C	-16.5 °C	0	0	17
May	19.7 °C	6.5 °C	13.9 °C	33.9 °C	-8.4 °C	6	1	2
June	24.6 °C	12.7 °C	19.4 °C	36.9 °C	-0.9 °C	14	4	0
July	25.3 °C	14.5 °C	20.4 °C	39.5 °C	7.2 °C	16	5	0
August	24.2 °C	13.0 °C	19.1 °C	37.8 °C	3.8 °C	14	4	0
September	17.6 °C	6.8 °C	12.5 °C	35.0 °C	-3.5 °C	3	1	1
October	8.9 °C	0.1 °C	4.5 °C	24.9 °C	-15.8 °C	0	0	15
November	-2.2 °C	-8.8 °C	-5.4 °C	13.7 °C	-36.5 °C	0	0	28
December	-8.8 °C	-15.8 °C	-12.0 °C	3.6 °C	-42.7 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	15 mm	5	8.4 h/day	79 %	81 %	20 km/h
February	15 mm	4	10.0 h/day	78 %	81 %	20 km/h
March	21 mm	5	12 h/day	69 %	80 %	21 km/h
April	26 mm	6	14 h/day	56 %	62 %	21 km/h
May	36 mm	8	16 h/day	51 %	52 %	20 km/h
June	46 mm	8	17 h/day	50 %	53 %	19 km/h
July	58 mm	11	16 h/day	51 %	59 %	18 km/h
August	34 mm	7	15 h/day	47 %	55 %	18 km/h
September	25 mm	5	13 h/day	52 %	56 %	19 km/h
October	27 mm	6	11 h/day	63 %	65 %	19 km/h
November	27 mm	6	8.9 h/day	75 %	77 %	19 km/h
December	22 mm	6	7.9 h/day	80 %	82 %	20 km/h

How Astana 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
Astana	25 °C	-18 °C	351 mm	54
Temirtau · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	357 mm	48
Kokshetau · Kazakhstan	24 °C	-18 °C	399 mm	42
Pavlodar · Kazakhstan	26 °C	-20 °C	303 mm	62
Petropavl · Kazakhstan	23 °C	-19 °C	438 mm	33
Omsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	409 mm	38

Where Astana ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	6thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in Asia in March	7thof 50	-1.2 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	8thof 50	-8.9 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	9thof 50	-2.2 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	10thof 50	8.9 °C
The coolest places in Asia in September	10thof 50	18 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Astana’s climate

When is the best time to visit Astana?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Astana get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 15 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -18 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 183 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Astana?

July, averaging 58 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 351 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 Astana 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.