Petropavl climate

Name: Petropavl
Address: KZ

Petropavl is warmest in July, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -19 °C. July is the wettest month (78 mm) and February the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Petropavl averages 438 mm of rain, 33 days above 25 °C and 185 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 200,920 · 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 23 °C
Coldest month January -19 °C
Driest month February 15 mm
Wettest month July 78 mm
Least cloud June 54 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record January -43 °C

What to expectPetropavl through the year

Petropavl has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -12 °C in January to 23 °C in July, a swing of 35 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 33 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 185 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 78 mm against 15 mm in February — 5.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-12.2 °C	16 mm	81 %
February	-9.7 °C	15 mm	76 %
March	-1.7 °C	22 mm	68 %
April	9.1 °C	30 mm	62 %
May	17.6 °C	39 mm	55 %
June	22.3 °C	55 mm	54 %
July	23.3 °C	78 mm	57 %
August	21.3 °C	59 mm	60 %
September	14.9 °C	38 mm	66 %
October	6.7 °C	35 mm	74 %
November	-3.6 °C	29 mm	80 %
December	-9.7 °C	22 mm	84 %

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	-12.2 °C	-18.8 °C	-15.2 °C	3.6 °C	-43.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-9.7 °C	-17.0 °C	-13.0 °C	6.0 °C	-39.5 °C	0	0	28
March	-1.7 °C	-10.1 °C	-5.5 °C	15.3 °C	-29.1 °C	0	0	30
April	9.1 °C	-1.6 °C	4.1 °C	26.6 °C	-17.9 °C	0	0	19
May	17.6 °C	5.9 °C	12.4 °C	33.6 °C	-7.1 °C	4	0	3
June	22.3 °C	12.1 °C	17.9 °C	34.8 °C	1.6 °C	9	2	0
July	23.3 °C	14.4 °C	19.3 °C	35.6 °C	6.2 °C	11	2	0
August	21.3 °C	12.5 °C	17.3 °C	34.5 °C	2.2 °C	8	1	0
September	14.9 °C	6.7 °C	11.0 °C	31.5 °C	-3.3 °C	1	0	1
October	6.7 °C	0.4 °C	3.7 °C	23.6 °C	-17.7 °C	0	0	14
November	-3.6 °C	-9.3 °C	-6.3 °C	12.0 °C	-37.6 °C	0	0	28
December	-9.7 °C	-16.0 °C	-12.5 °C	3.1 °C	-41.0 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	16 mm	5	7.8 h/day	81 %	80 %	17 km/h
February	15 mm	5	9.7 h/day	76 %	79 %	17 km/h
March	22 mm	6	12 h/day	68 %	78 %	19 km/h
April	30 mm	6	14 h/day	62 %	66 %	19 km/h
May	39 mm	8	16 h/day	55 %	58 %	19 km/h
June	55 mm	10	17 h/day	54 %	62 %	17 km/h
July	78 mm	12	17 h/day	57 %	69 %	16 km/h
August	59 mm	10	15 h/day	60 %	69 %	16 km/h
September	38 mm	8	13 h/day	66 %	69 %	17 km/h
October	35 mm	8	11 h/day	74 %	74 %	18 km/h
November	29 mm	8	8.4 h/day	80 %	79 %	18 km/h
December	22 mm	7	7.2 h/day	84 %	81 %	18 km/h

How Petropavl 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
Petropavl	23 °C	-19 °C	438 mm	33
Kokshetau · Kazakhstan	24 °C	-18 °C	399 mm	42
Kurgan · Russia	24 °C	-18 °C	444 mm	37
Omsk · Russia	24 °C	-20 °C	409 mm	38
Tyumen · Russia	23 °C	-19 °C	481 mm	26
Kostanay · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	385 mm	52
Astana · Kazakhstan	25 °C	-18 °C	351 mm	54

Where Petropavl ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in September	1stof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	3rdof 50	-9.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in March	3rdof 50	-1.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	3rdof 50	6.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	4thof 50	6.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	5thof 50	-3.6 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Petropavl’s climate

When is the best time to visit Petropavl?

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 Petropavl get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 5 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -19 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 185 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Petropavl?

July, averaging 78 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 438 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 Petropavl 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.