Atyrau climate

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Atyrau is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -8.7 °C. May is the wettest month (24 mm) and August the driest (6.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Atyrau averages 186 mm of rain, 109 days above 25 °C and 125 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 290,700 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month February -8.7 °C
Driest month August 7 mm
Wettest month May 24 mm
Least cloud August 29 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record February -33 °C
Warmest sea July 26 °C

What to expectAtyrau through the year

Atyrau has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.9 °C in February to 33 °C in July, a swing of 34 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 109 days a year reach 25 °C, 63 of them reach 30 °C, 125 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 7 mm in August to 24 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Atyrau is warmest in July at 26 °C and coldest in February at 0.3 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-2.9 °C	16 mm	78 %
February	-1.9 °C	13 mm	69 %
March	5.8 °C	17 mm	61 %
April	15.8 °C	23 mm	55 %
May	24.1 °C	24 mm	45 %
June	30.2 °C	15 mm	37 %
July	32.7 °C	12 mm	31 %
August	31.1 °C	7 mm	29 %
September	23.2 °C	10 mm	36 %
October	14.2 °C	17 mm	48 %
November	4.6 °C	16 mm	63 %
December	-0.9 °C	16 mm	77 %

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	-2.9 °C	-8.4 °C	-5.5 °C	7.5 °C	-31.8 °C	0	0	30
February	-1.9 °C	-8.7 °C	-5.1 °C	9.6 °C	-33.0 °C	0	0	27
March	5.8 °C	-2.5 °C	1.7 °C	22.6 °C	-20.5 °C	0	0	22
April	15.8 °C	5.9 °C	11.1 °C	29.8 °C	-6.3 °C	2	0	3
May	24.1 °C	13.6 °C	19.4 °C	36.6 °C	1.0 °C	13	4	0
June	30.2 °C	19.4 °C	25.5 °C	41.0 °C	6.3 °C	26	16	0
July	32.7 °C	22.2 °C	28.1 °C	40.9 °C	14.4 °C	30	23	0
August	31.1 °C	20.6 °C	26.3 °C	41.2 °C	8.5 °C	28	18	0
September	23.2 °C	14.1 °C	18.8 °C	38.9 °C	0.8 °C	11	2	0
October	14.2 °C	6.7 °C	10.5 °C	27.9 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0	1
November	4.6 °C	-0.6 °C	2.1 °C	17.1 °C	-18.8 °C	0	0	15
December	-0.9 °C	-5.4 °C	-3.0 °C	10.0 °C	-26.4 °C	0	0	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	16 mm	4	8.9 h/day	78 %	81 %	25 km/h	0.9 °C
February	13 mm	3	10 h/day	69 %	79 %	25 km/h	0.3 °C
March	17 mm	4	12 h/day	61 %	73 %	27 km/h	1.6 °C
April	23 mm	4	14 h/day	55 %	59 %	28 km/h	8.9 °C
May	24 mm	5	15 h/day	45 %	50 %	26 km/h	17.9 °C
June	15 mm	4	16 h/day	37 %	42 %	25 km/h	23.7 °C
July	12 mm	3	16 h/day	31 %	40 %	24 km/h	26.3 °C
August	7 mm	1	14 h/day	29 %	41 %	24 km/h	25.2 °C
September	10 mm	2	13 h/day	36 %	51 %	24 km/h	19.6 °C
October	17 mm	4	11 h/day	48 %	66 %	25 km/h	12.6 °C
November	16 mm	4	9.4 h/day	63 %	78 %	24 km/h	6.0 °C
December	16 mm	4	8.5 h/day	77 %	81 %	26 km/h	2.4 °C

Where Atyrau ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	16th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	18th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	31st of 50	88/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	32nd of 50	95/100
The coolest places in Asia in February	47th of 50	-1.9 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Atyrau’s climate

When is the best time to visit Atyrau?

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

How hot does Atyrau get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 63 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 -8.7 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 125 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Atyrau?

May, averaging 24 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is August with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 186 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 Atyrau 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
Data point: 47.105°, 51.884° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.