Baikonur weather in October

In October, Baikonur sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Baikonur's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baikonur's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 9 mm; 2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 8:11 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 5th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical October day in Baikonur reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 9°C cooler than September and about 11°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)	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Avg low (°C)	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

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

How October really feels in Baikonur

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 16 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.

Baikonur weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-4° / -12°	10	3.1	2.9	8.9	0.0
Feb	-1° / -10°	10	2.9	2	10.1	0.0
Mar	8° / -3°	17	4.3	1	11.6	1.7
Apr	19° / 7°	16	3.5	0.1	13.3	7.0
May	27° / 14°	13	2.9	0	14.7	7.7
Jun	32° / 19°	7	1.9	0	15.4	4.8
Jul	34° / 21°	6	1.9	0	15.1	3.8
Aug	32° / 19°	5	1.3	0	13.9	5.1
Sep	25° / 12°	3	0.7	0	12.3	8.6
Oct	16° / 4°	9	2	0	10.7	6.2
Nov	5° / -4°	14	3.3	1	9.3	0.8
Dec	-3° / -10°	13	3.6	2.4	8.6	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. 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 (%)	80	79	79	79	78	78	77	76	75	75	74	73	72	71	70	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	64	63	62	61	61	60	58	57
Cloudier (%)	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	36	37	38	39	39	40	42	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	72	28
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	58	42
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Baikonur gets around 9 mm of rain over 2 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

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

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 15 km/h in October, the calmest month.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16
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	16	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 8:32 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 6:28 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)	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:10	8:11	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:17	8:18	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:24	8:25	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:31	8:32
Sunset (PM)	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:51	7:20
2	11.4	7:52	7:19
3	11.4	7:54	7:17
4	11.3	7:55	7:15
5	11.3	7:56	7:13
6	11.2	7:58	7:11
7	11.2	7:59	7:09
8	11.1	8:00	7:07
9	11.1	8:02	7:05
10	11.0	8:03	7:03
11	11.0	8:04	7:01
12	10.9	8:06	7:00
13	10.8	8:07	6:58
14	10.8	8:08	6:56
15	10.7	8:10	6:54
16	10.7	8:11	6:52
17	10.6	8:13	6:51
18	10.6	8:14	6:49
19	10.5	8:15	6:47
20	10.5	8:17	6:45
21	10.4	8:18	6:44
22	10.4	8:20	6:42
23	10.3	8:21	6:41
24	10.3	8:22	6:39
25	10.2	8:24	6:37
26	10.2	8:25	6:36
27	10.1	8:27	6:34
28	10.1	8:28	6:33
29	10.0	8:29	6:31
30	10.0	8:31	6:30
31	9.9	8:32	6:28

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 3.08 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)	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Baikonur?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Baikonur for sightseeing.

What to pack for Baikonur in October

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

In October, Baikonur sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Baikonur in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baikonur peaks around June 12 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	7	8	7	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Baikonur 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 Baikonur is worst in April — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.8× the cleanest month (January, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	20	41	52	44	27	25	26	31	34	29	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	52	Poor
May	44	Poor
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Baikonur?

Baikonur sits at 45.6°N, 63.3°E, 730 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Zhosaly, 61 km away.

Topography around Baikonur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baikonur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m.

The land around Baikonur is covered by bare terrain (33%), grassland (28%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and bare terrain (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) and bare terrain (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

32 m

bare terrain 33%

16 km

53 m

grassland 59%

80 km

126 m

grassland 63%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Zhosaly 61 km · Novokazalinsk 94 km · Aral 183 km · Kyzylorda 192 km · Tasbuget 199 km · Shiyeli 314 km · Zhangaqorghan 364 km · Shalqar 374 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 Baikonur (45.6167°, 63.3167°, elevation 730 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	21	8
2	21	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	6
9	18	5
10	18	5
11	18	5
12	17	5
13	17	4
14	17	4
15	16	4
16	16	4
17	16	3
18	16	3
19	15	3
20	15	3
21	15	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	13	2
26	13	2
27	13	1
28	12	1
29	12	1
30	12	1
31	11	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	72	28
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	58	42
31	57	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	72	28
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	58	42
31	57	43

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	72	28
14	71	29
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	65	35
22	64	36
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	58	42
31	57	43

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

	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