Kostanay climate

Name: Kostanay
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Kostanay is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -18 °C. July is the wettest month (53 mm) and January the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kostanay averages 385 mm of rain, 52 days above 25 °C and 178 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 210,000 · 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 17 mm
Wettest month July 53 mm
Least cloud June 50 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -41 °C

What to expectKostanay through the year

Kostanay 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, 52 days a year reach 25 °C, 14 of them reach 30 °C, 178 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 17 mm in January to 53 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-11.0 °C	17 mm	76 %
February	-9.0 °C	18 mm	72 %
March	-1.3 °C	24 mm	65 %
April	11.0 °C	29 mm	57 %
May	19.3 °C	45 mm	53 %
June	24.3 °C	41 mm	50 %
July	25.3 °C	53 mm	51 %
August	23.8 °C	45 mm	53 %
September	17.2 °C	32 mm	58 %
October	8.7 °C	33 mm	67 %
November	-2.0 °C	25 mm	72 %
December	-8.9 °C	23 mm	75 %

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	-17.9 °C	-14.1 °C	4.0 °C	-41.4 °C	0	0	31
February	-9.0 °C	-16.8 °C	-12.5 °C	4.8 °C	-41.0 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.3 °C	-9.8 °C	-5.1 °C	16.8 °C	-29.5 °C	0	0	30
April	11.0 °C	-0.7 °C	5.5 °C	27.7 °C	-15.8 °C	0	0	16
May	19.3 °C	7.1 °C	13.9 °C	32.7 °C	-6.9 °C	6	1	2
June	24.3 °C	13.2 °C	19.5 °C	36.1 °C	-0.3 °C	14	5	0
July	25.3 °C	15.4 °C	20.9 °C	39.0 °C	7.9 °C	17	4	0
August	23.8 °C	13.7 °C	19.2 °C	37.9 °C	5.0 °C	13	4	0
September	17.2 °C	8.0 °C	12.8 °C	33.5 °C	-2.4 °C	3	1	1
October	8.7 °C	1.1 °C	5.0 °C	26.1 °C	-13.3 °C	0	0	12
November	-2.0 °C	-8.1 °C	-4.9 °C	12.4 °C	-36.2 °C	0	0	27
December	-8.9 °C	-15.6 °C	-12.0 °C	6.3 °C	-39.9 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	17 mm	5	8.1 h/day	76 %	81 %	18 km/h
February	18 mm	5	9.8 h/day	72 %	81 %	19 km/h
March	24 mm	6	12 h/day	65 %	80 %	20 km/h
April	29 mm	6	14 h/day	57 %	64 %	20 km/h
May	45 mm	8	16 h/day	53 %	56 %	20 km/h
June	41 mm	8	17 h/day	50 %	55 %	19 km/h
July	53 mm	9	16 h/day	51 %	60 %	18 km/h
August	45 mm	8	15 h/day	53 %	61 %	18 km/h
September	32 mm	6	13 h/day	58 %	62 %	18 km/h
October	33 mm	7	11 h/day	67 %	69 %	19 km/h
November	25 mm	6	8.7 h/day	72 %	76 %	18 km/h
December	23 mm	6	7.6 h/day	75 %	82 %	18 km/h

How Kostanay 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
Kostanay	25 °C	-18 °C	385 mm	52
Chelyabinsk · Russia	23 °C	-17 °C	466 mm	34
Kurgan · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	444 mm	37
Magnitogorsk · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	403 mm	41
Miass · Russia	22 °C	-18 °C	474 mm	25
Zlatoust · Russia	21 °C	-17 °C	600 mm	13
Kamensk-Ural’skiy · Russia	23 °C	-17 °C	500 mm	31

Where Kostanay ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	3rd of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	4th of 50	89/100
The coolest places in Asia in March	6th of 50	-1.3 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in June	7th of 50	92/100
The coolest places in Asia in February	7th of 50	-9.0 °C
The coolest places in Asia in September	7th of 50	17 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kostanay’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kostanay?

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 Kostanay get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 14 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -18 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 178 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kostanay?

July, averaging 53 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is January with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 385 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 Kostanay 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: 53.214°, 63.625° (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.