Pavlodar climate

Name: Pavlodar
Address: KZ

Pavlodar is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -20 °C. July is the wettest month (59 mm) and February the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pavlodar averages 303 mm of rain, 62 days above 25 °C and 180 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 329,002 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month January -20 °C
Driest month February 10 mm
Wettest month July 59 mm
Least cloud August 48 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -45 °C

What to expectPavlodar through the year

Pavlodar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -12 °C in January to 26 °C in July, a swing of 37 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 62 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C, 180 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 59 mm against 10 mm in February — 5.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-12.3 °C	11 mm	75 %
February	-9.6 °C	10 mm	75 %
March	-1.4 °C	15 mm	68 %
April	12.4 °C	19 mm	57 %
May	20.1 °C	28 mm	51 %
June	25.2 °C	41 mm	50 %
July	26.4 °C	59 mm	53 %
August	24.6 °C	38 mm	48 %
September	17.8 °C	25 mm	55 %
October	9.2 °C	23 mm	64 %
November	-2.2 °C	19 mm	74 %
December	-9.0 °C	15 mm	79 %

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	-12.3 °C	-19.7 °C	-15.6 °C	5.0 °C	-44.9 °C	0	0	31
February	-9.6 °C	-17.8 °C	-13.2 °C	4.6 °C	-39.9 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.4 °C	-10.6 °C	-5.5 °C	21.5 °C	-32.0 °C	0	0	31
April	12.4 °C	-0.5 °C	6.5 °C	31.0 °C	-14.1 °C	1	0	16
May	20.1 °C	7.1 °C	14.4 °C	36.1 °C	-6.0 °C	7	1	2
June	25.2 °C	13.8 °C	20.2 °C	37.6 °C	2.3 °C	16	5	0
July	26.4 °C	15.9 °C	21.6 °C	39.2 °C	7.6 °C	19	6	0
August	24.6 °C	13.7 °C	19.7 °C	38.0 °C	3.3 °C	15	5	0
September	17.8 °C	7.6 °C	12.9 °C	34.2 °C	-2.4 °C	4	1	1
October	9.2 °C	0.7 °C	4.9 °C	26.2 °C	-14.3 °C	0	0	14
November	-2.2 °C	-8.5 °C	-5.2 °C	14.6 °C	-34.7 °C	0	0	27
December	-9.0 °C	-16.0 °C	-12.2 °C	5.9 °C	-42.8 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	3	8.2 h/day	75 %	80 %	20 km/h
February	10 mm	3	9.9 h/day	75 %	81 %	22 km/h
March	15 mm	4	12 h/day	68 %	80 %	22 km/h
April	19 mm	5	14 h/day	57 %	57 %	21 km/h
May	28 mm	6	16 h/day	51 %	49 %	21 km/h
June	41 mm	8	17 h/day	50 %	52 %	19 km/h
July	59 mm	10	16 h/day	53 %	59 %	18 km/h
August	38 mm	7	15 h/day	48 %	57 %	19 km/h
September	25 mm	6	13 h/day	55 %	58 %	19 km/h
October	23 mm	6	11 h/day	64 %	65 %	19 km/h
November	19 mm	6	8.8 h/day	74 %	75 %	20 km/h
December	15 mm	5	7.7 h/day	79 %	81 %	20 km/h

How Pavlodar 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
Pavlodar	26 °C	-20 °C	303 mm	62
Rubtsovsk · Russia	26 °C	-19 °C	420 mm	62
Semey · Kazakhstan	28 °C	-20 °C	301 mm	80
Temirtau · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	357 mm	48
Omsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	409 mm	38
Astana · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	351 mm	54
Ust-Kamenogorsk · Kazakhstan	27 °C	-19 °C	549 mm	65

Where Pavlodar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in February	4thof 50	-9.6 °C
The coolest places in Asia in March	5thof 50	-1.4 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	7thof 50	92/100
The coolest places in Asia in November	10thof 50	-2.2 °C
The coolest places in Asia in September	11thof 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	12thof 50	9.2 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pavlodar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pavlodar?

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 Pavlodar get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 18 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 -20 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 180 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Pavlodar?

July, averaging 59 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 303 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 Pavlodar 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.