Baikonur weather in September

In September, Baikonur sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Baikonur's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baikonur's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 7:32 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.6; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical September day in Baikonur reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 7°C cooler than August and about 9°C warmer than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21
Avg low (°C)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8

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

How September really feels in Baikonur

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

September sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Baikonur weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 5th-warmest and 12th-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 September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. 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
Clearer (%)	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	87	87	87	86	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Baikonur gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in September, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 4% 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
Rain chance (%)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September 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
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in September

Winds average 16 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 16 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
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	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	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 7:13 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:22 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
Daylight (h)	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:50
Sunset (PM)	8:20	8:18	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:01	7:59	7:57	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	7:13	8:20
2	13.1	7:14	8:18
3	13.0	7:15	8:16
4	13.0	7:16	8:14
5	12.9	7:18	8:13
6	12.9	7:19	8:11
7	12.8	7:20	8:09
8	12.8	7:21	8:07
9	12.7	7:23	8:05
10	12.6	7:24	8:03
11	12.6	7:25	8:01
12	12.5	7:27	7:59
13	12.5	7:28	7:57
14	12.4	7:29	7:55
15	12.4	7:30	7:53
16	12.3	7:32	7:51
17	12.3	7:33	7:49
18	12.2	7:34	7:46
19	12.2	7:35	7:44
20	12.1	7:37	7:42
21	12.0	7:38	7:40
22	12.0	7:39	7:38
23	11.9	7:41	7:36
24	11.9	7:42	7:34
25	11.8	7:43	7:32
26	11.8	7:44	7:30
27	11.7	7:46	7:28
28	11.7	7:47	7:26
29	11.6	7:48	7:24
30	11.5	7:50	7:22

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.89 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 — September's 4.89 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Baikonur?

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

8.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Baikonur for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Baikonur in September

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

In September, Baikonur sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baikonur in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 5 — 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 September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September 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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0