Astana, Kazakhstan climate

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental

Astana has a strongly seasonal cold-temperate climate (Warm-summer humid continental, Köppen Dfb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 27°C, while the coldest is January averaging around −18°C at night. Around 318 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in July (52 mm) and easing off in February (14 mm). At latitude 51°N, day length swings from 7.7 hours in midwinter to 16.3 hours at midsummer.

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 27°C in July.

About 10 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Bitterly cold

Lows near −18°C in January.

About 103 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Fairly dry

About 318 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

+0.6 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Astana climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	−10	−9	−2	11	21	26	27	26	19	11	−1	−8
Avg temp (°C)	−14	−13	−7	6	14	19	21	19	12	6	−5	−12
Avg low (°C)	−18	−18	−12	0	8	13	15	13	6	0	−9	−16
Precipitation (mm)	17	14	15	18	33	41	52	38	21	23	24	22

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	−10	−9	−2	11	21	26
Avg temp (°C)	−14	−13	−7	6	14	19
Avg low (°C)	−18	−18	−12	0	8	13
Precipitation (mm)	17	14	15	18	33	41

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	27	26	19	11	−1	−8
Avg temp (°C)	21	19	12	6	−5	−12
Avg low (°C)	15	13	6	0	−9	−16
Precipitation (mm)	52	38	21	23	24	22

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	8	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	7
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	0.6	3	3	3	0.5	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	18	16	17	7	1	0.1	—	—	1	8	16	18

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	8	6	5	4	5	5
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	0.6	3
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	18	16	17	7	1	0.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	5	4	4	4	6	7
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	3	0.5	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	—	1	8	16	18

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	62	60	59	62	60	58	60	57	59	63	66	65
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	4	4	5	4	6	5	5	6	7	6	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	15	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	11	10	12	14
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	12	11	12	13	12	11	12	11	13	16	15	14
Relative humidity (%)	97	97	92	65	55	52	53	51	56	67	84	94
Wind speed (km/h)	14.2	14.8	14.5	13.3	11.9	10.6	9.9	9.9	10.5	11.9	13.2	14.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	62	60	59	62	60	58
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	4	4	5	4	6	5
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	15	13	13	12	13	13
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	12	11	12	13	12	11
Relative humidity (%)	97	97	92	65	55	52
Wind speed (km/h)	14.2	14.8	14.5	13.3	11.9	10.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	60	57	59	63	66	65
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	5	6	7	6	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	13	14	11	10	12	14
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	12	11	13	16	15	14
Relative humidity (%)	53	51	56	67	84	94
Wind speed (km/h)	9.9	9.9	10.5	11.9	13.2	14.1

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 15 years of daily observations at Astana, a weather station, about 8 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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