Astana weather in October

In October, Astana sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 27 mm of precipitation across 6 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Astana's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Astana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -0°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 27 mm; 6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:47 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 7th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 1.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Astana is capital of Kazakhstan.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 21.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,937/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1830

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 5°C by the end.

A typical October day in Astana reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 9°C cooler than September and about 12°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	3
2	14	3
3	13	3
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	1
10	11	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	10	1
14	10	0
15	10	0
16	10	0
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	9	-1
20	8	-1
21	8	-1
22	8	-1
23	7	-1
24	7	-2
25	7	-2
26	6	-2
27	6	-2
28	6	-2
29	5	-3
30	5	-3
31	4	-3

How October really feels in Astana

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Astana weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-11° / -19°	14	4.7	6.1	8.2	0.0
Feb	-10° / -18°	15	4.1	5.3	9.6	0.0
Mar	-2° / -11°	20	5.9	5	11.5	0.0
Apr	11° / 0°	25	6.6	1.7	13.5	3.2
May	20° / 7°	35	7.6	0.3	15.3	6.6
Jun	25° / 13°	45	8.7	0	16.2	7.1
Jul	26° / 14°	58	11.3	0	15.9	6.6
Aug	24° / 12°	34	7.4	0	14.4	7.3
Sep	18° / 6°	25	5.3	0.2	12.4	6.3
Oct	9° / -0°	27	6	2.3	10.4	2.2
Nov	-2° / -9°	26	6.6	5.9	8.7	0.0
Dec	-9° / -16°	21	6.4	7.8	7.7	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	41	41	40	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	33	33	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	26
Cloudier (%)	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	59	59	60	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	67	67	69	69	70	71	71	72	72	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	26	74

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Astana gets around 27 mm of rain and snow over 6 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22
Snow chance (%)	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	18	3
2	17	3
3	17	4
4	18	4
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	18	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	20	6
11	20	6
12	20	6
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	12
30	22	12
31	22	13

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 14 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:22 AM to 8:14 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 5:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:30	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:39	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:51	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:58	8:00	8:01	8:03	8:05	8:07	8:08	8:10	8:12	8:14
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	7:22	6:45
2	11.3	7:23	6:42
3	11.2	7:25	6:40
4	11.2	7:27	6:38
5	11.1	7:28	6:35
6	11.1	7:30	6:33
7	11.0	7:32	6:31
8	10.9	7:34	6:29
9	10.9	7:35	6:26
10	10.8	7:37	6:24
11	10.7	7:39	6:22
12	10.7	7:40	6:20
13	10.6	7:42	6:18
14	10.5	7:44	6:15
15	10.5	7:46	6:13
16	10.4	7:47	6:11
17	10.3	7:49	6:09
18	10.3	7:51	6:07
19	10.2	7:53	6:05
20	10.1	7:54	6:03
21	10.1	7:56	6:01
22	10.0	7:58	5:59
23	10.0	8:00	5:57
24	9.9	8:01	5:55
25	9.8	8:03	5:53
26	9.8	8:05	5:51
27	9.7	8:07	5:49
28	9.6	8:08	5:47
29	9.6	8:10	5:45
30	9.5	8:12	5:44
31	9.5	8:14	5:42

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.0	Moderate
14	2.0	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.7	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.5	Dim
27	1.5	Dim
28	1.5	Dim
29	1.4	Dim
30	1.4	Dim
31	1.4	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Astana?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Astana.

What to pack for Astana in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Astana sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Astana in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Astana peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	4	6	6	6	6	4	2	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Astana in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Astana is worst in April — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Astana's WHO annual average of 21.8 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	16	21	28	35	25	18	25	17	18	25	21	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	35	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Astana?

Astana sits at 51.2°N, 71.4°E, 358 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Stepnogorsk, 134 km away.

Topography around Astana

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Astana.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Astana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 357 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m.

The land around Astana is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and cropland (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

30 m

artificial surfaces 75%

16 km

100 m

grassland 66%

80 km

359 m

grassland 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← September Astana year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Stepnogorsk 134 km · Temirtau 165 km · Makinsk 176 km · Saran 182 km · Shakhtinsk 183 km · Karagandy 193 km · Abay 199 km · Shchuchinsk 213 km

Kazakhstan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,692; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 92%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.6; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 417
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Astana (51.1801°, 71.446°, elevation 358 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	3
2	14	3
3	13	3
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	1
10	11	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	10	1
14	10	0
15	10	0
16	10	0
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	9	-1
20	8	-1
21	8	-1
22	8	-1
23	7	-1
24	7	-2
25	7	-2
26	6	-2
27	6	-2
28	6	-2
29	5	-3
30	5	-3
31	4	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	18	3
2	17	3
3	17	4
4	18	4
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	18	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	20	6
11	20	6
12	20	6
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	12
30	22	12
31	22	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	3
2	14	3
3	13	3
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	1
10	11	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	10	1
14	10	0
15	10	0
16	10	0
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	9	-1
20	8	-1
21	8	-1
22	8	-1
23	7	-1
24	7	-2
25	7	-2
26	6	-2
27	6	-2
28	6	-2
29	5	-3
30	5	-3
31	4	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	18	3
2	17	3
3	17	4
4	18	4
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	18	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	20	6
11	20	6
12	20	6
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	12
30	22	12
31	22	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	3
2	14	3
3	13	3
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	1
10	11	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	10	1
14	10	0
15	10	0
16	10	0
17	9	0
18	9	0
19	9	-1
20	8	-1
21	8	-1
22	8	-1
23	7	-1
24	7	-2
25	7	-2
26	6	-2
27	6	-2
28	6	-2
29	5	-3
30	5	-3
31	4	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	18	3
2	17	3
3	17	4
4	18	4
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	18	5
8	19	5
9	19	5
10	20	6
11	20	6
12	20	6
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	12
30	22	12
31	22	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100