Ridder weather in October

In October, Ridder sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 118 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 2°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 Ridder's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ridder's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 5°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: -5°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 118 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:58 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 8th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.5; out of 10

Ridder is city.

Density: 11/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1786

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 9°C in the first days to 2°C by the end.

A typical October day in Ridder reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°C cooler than September and about 10°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)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Avg low (°C)	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-8	-8	-8	-8	-9

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

How October really feels in Ridder

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

10 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Ridder 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	-12° / -20°	60	10.1	10.9	8.3	0.0
Feb	-8° / -19°	57	8.6	9.5	9.7	0.0
Mar	-2° / -13°	75	10.2	10.6	11.5	0.0
Apr	6° / -4°	100	11.6	7.6	13.5	0.8
May	14° / 2°	128	13.3	2.8	15.2	3.7
Jun	19° / 7°	135	14.8	0.1	16.1	5.3
Jul	20° / 9°	168	17.5	0	15.7	5.4
Aug	19° / 7°	119	12.8	0.1	14.3	5.9
Sep	13° / 1°	97	11.1	2.8	12.4	3.7
Oct	5° / -5°	118	12.6	9.8	10.5	0.5
Nov	-5° / -14°	114	12.7	13.1	8.8	0.0
Dec	-10° / -18°	91	12.7	14.1	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. 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 (%)	47	46	46	46	45	46	44	44	44	43	42	41	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	35	35
Cloudier (%)	53	54	54	54	55	54	56	56	56	57	58	59	58	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	42	58
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	35	65
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Ridder gets around 118 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 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 41% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 10 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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45
Snow chance (%)	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	42	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	21
2	39	21
3	39	22
4	39	22
5	39	23
6	39	24
7	39	24
8	39	25
9	40	26
10	40	27
11	40	28
12	40	29
13	41	30
14	41	31
15	41	32
16	41	33
17	41	34
18	41	35
19	41	35
20	42	36
21	42	37
22	42	37
23	43	38
24	43	38
25	43	39
26	43	39
27	44	40
28	44	40
29	44	41
30	45	42
31	45	42

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 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 6:33 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 4:56 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	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:13	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:23
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:55	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:10	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:33	5:57
2	11.3	6:35	5:55
3	11.3	6:36	5:52
4	11.2	6:38	5:50
5	11.1	6:39	5:48
6	11.1	6:41	5:46
7	11.0	6:43	5:44
8	11.0	6:44	5:41
9	10.9	6:46	5:39
10	10.8	6:48	5:37
11	10.8	6:49	5:35
12	10.7	6:51	5:33
13	10.6	6:53	5:31
14	10.6	6:54	5:29
15	10.5	6:56	5:26
16	10.4	6:58	5:24
17	10.4	6:59	5:22
18	10.3	7:01	5:20
19	10.3	7:03	5:18
20	10.2	7:04	5:16
21	10.1	7:06	5:14
22	10.1	7:08	5:12
23	10.0	7:09	5:10
24	10.0	7:11	5:09
25	9.9	7:13	5:07
26	9.8	7:15	5:05
27	9.8	7:16	5:03
28	9.7	7:18	5:01
29	9.7	7:20	4:59
30	9.6	7:21	4:58
31	9.5	7:23	4:56

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.26 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)	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.0	Moderate
22	2.0	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.8	Dim
27	1.8	Dim
28	1.8	Dim
29	1.8	Dim
30	1.7	Dim
31	1.7	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Ridder?

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

0.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ridder.

What to pack for Ridder in October

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

In October, Ridder sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Ridder 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 Ridder peaks around July 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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	6	7	7	7	7	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Ridder?

Ridder sits at 50.3°N, 83.5°E, 725 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Ust-Kamenogorsk, 77 km away.

Topography around Ridder

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ridder has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m around an average of 757 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,908 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,449 m.

The land around Ridder is covered by grassland (42%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

361 m

grassland 42%

16 km

1,908 m

trees 57%

80 km

2,449 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

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

October weather nearby: Ust-Kamenogorsk 77 km · Altay 86 km · Shemonaikha 118 km · Gornyak 161 km · Kalbatau 179 km · Rubtsovsk 208 km · Semey 232 km · Aleysk 245 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 Ridder (50.3452°, 83.5156°, elevation 725 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. 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	9	-2
2	9	-3
3	9	-3
4	9	-3
5	8	-3
6	8	-3
7	8	-4
8	8	-4
9	7	-4
10	7	-4
11	7	-4
12	6	-4
13	6	-5
14	6	-5
15	6	-5
16	5	-5
17	5	-6
18	5	-6
19	4	-6
20	4	-6
21	4	-6
22	3	-7
23	3	-7
24	3	-7
25	3	-7
26	2	-7
27	2	-8
28	2	-8
29	2	-8
30	1	-8
31	1	-9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	42	58
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	21
2	39	21
3	39	22
4	39	22
5	39	23
6	39	24
7	39	24
8	39	25
9	40	26
10	40	27
11	40	28
12	40	29
13	41	30
14	41	31
15	41	32
16	41	33
17	41	34
18	41	35
19	41	35
20	42	36
21	42	37
22	42	37
23	43	38
24	43	38
25	43	39
26	43	39
27	44	40
28	44	40
29	44	41
30	45	42
31	45	42

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	42	58
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	21
2	39	21
3	39	22
4	39	22
5	39	23
6	39	24
7	39	24
8	39	25
9	40	26
10	40	27
11	40	28
12	40	29
13	41	30
14	41	31
15	41	32
16	41	33
17	41	34
18	41	35
19	41	35
20	42	36
21	42	37
22	42	37
23	43	38
24	43	38
25	43	39
26	43	39
27	44	40
28	44	40
29	44	41
30	45	42
31	45	42

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	42	58
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	21
2	39	21
3	39	22
4	39	22
5	39	23
6	39	24
7	39	24
8	39	25
9	40	26
10	40	27
11	40	28
12	40	29
13	41	30
14	41	31
15	41	32
16	41	33
17	41	34
18	41	35
19	41	35
20	42	36
21	42	37
22	42	37
23	43	38
24	43	38
25	43	39
26	43	39
27	44	40
28	44	40
29	44	41
30	45	42
31	45	42

	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