Kokshetau climate

Name: Kokshetau
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Kokshetau is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -18 °C. July is the wettest month (79 mm) and February the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kokshetau averages 399 mm of rain, 42 days above 25 °C and 182 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 150,649 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month January -18 °C
Driest month February 11 mm
Wettest month July 79 mm
Least cloud June 52 % cloud
Hottest on record June 38 °C
Coldest on record January -43 °C

What to expectKokshetau through the year

Kokshetau has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -11 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 34 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 42 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 182 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 79 mm against 11 mm in February — 7.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-10.9 °C	13 mm	79 %
February	-8.9 °C	11 mm	77 %
March	-1.2 °C	19 mm	68 %
April	10.3 °C	30 mm	60 %
May	18.6 °C	41 mm	54 %
June	23.3 °C	49 mm	52 %
July	23.8 °C	79 mm	57 %
August	22.4 °C	55 mm	56 %
September	16.0 °C	32 mm	61 %
October	7.8 °C	31 mm	69 %
November	-2.9 °C	22 mm	78 %
December	-8.7 °C	17 mm	82 %

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	-10.9 °C	-17.8 °C	-14.1 °C	3.4 °C	-43.0 °C	0	0	31
February	-8.9 °C	-16.5 °C	-12.5 °C	5.4 °C	-40.1 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.2 °C	-10.1 °C	-5.3 °C	18.1 °C	-31.1 °C	0	0	30
April	10.3 °C	-1.1 °C	5.0 °C	27.4 °C	-23.7 °C	0	0	17
May	18.6 °C	6.2 °C	13.2 °C	34.4 °C	-8.3 °C	5	1	3
June	23.3 °C	12.2 °C	18.5 °C	37.5 °C	1.0 °C	12	3	0
July	23.8 °C	14.2 °C	19.5 °C	36.9 °C	6.8 °C	13	2	0
August	22.4 °C	12.6 °C	17.9 °C	35.6 °C	3.6 °C	10	2	0
September	16.0 °C	6.9 °C	11.6 °C	33.1 °C	-3.1 °C	2	0	1
October	7.8 °C	0.6 °C	4.2 °C	25.0 °C	-15.4 °C	0	0	13
November	-2.9 °C	-8.8 °C	-5.7 °C	12.6 °C	-41.0 °C	0	0	28
December	-8.7 °C	-15.0 °C	-11.7 °C	3.6 °C	-41.1 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	13 mm	4	8.1 h/day	79 %	79 %	20 km/h
February	11 mm	3	9.8 h/day	77 %	79 %	21 km/h
March	19 mm	5	12 h/day	68 %	78 %	22 km/h
April	30 mm	7	14 h/day	60 %	64 %	21 km/h
May	41 mm	9	16 h/day	54 %	55 %	21 km/h
June	49 mm	9	17 h/day	52 %	58 %	19 km/h
July	79 mm	12	16 h/day	57 %	66 %	17 km/h
August	55 mm	10	15 h/day	56 %	64 %	18 km/h
September	32 mm	7	13 h/day	61 %	64 %	19 km/h
October	31 mm	7	11 h/day	69 %	70 %	20 km/h
November	22 mm	6	8.7 h/day	78 %	78 %	20 km/h
December	17 mm	5	7.6 h/day	82 %	80 %	21 km/h

How Kokshetau 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
Kokshetau	24 °C	-18 °C	399 mm	42
Petropavl · Kazakhstan	23 °C	-19 °C	438 mm	33
Astana · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	351 mm	54
Omsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	409 mm	38
Kurgan · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	444 mm	37
Kostanay · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	385 mm	52
Temirtau · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	357 mm	48

Where Kokshetau ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in September	4thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	6thof 50	7.8 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	7thof 50	-2.9 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	7thof 50	7.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia in March	8thof 50	-1.2 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	9thof 50	-8.9 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kokshetau’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kokshetau?

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

How hot does Kokshetau get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -18 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 182 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kokshetau?

July, averaging 79 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 399 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 Kokshetau 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.