Stepnogorsk weather in April

In April, Stepnogorsk sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 27 mm of precipitation across 6.7 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Stepnogorsk's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stepnogorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: -0°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 27 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 6:24 AM – 8:02 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 6th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

Stepnogorsk is town in Kazakhstan.

Founded: 1959

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical April day in Stepnogorsk reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 13°C warmer than March and about 8°C cooler than May.

	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)	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16
Avg low (°C)	-5	-5	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How April really feels in Stepnogorsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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

2 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Stepnogorsk weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 6th-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° / -19°	10	3.4	4.4	8	0.0
Feb	-10° / -18°	10	3.1	3.7	9.5	0.0
Mar	-3° / -11°	17	5.1	4.1	11.5	0.0
Apr	11° / -0°	27	6.7	1.9	13.6	2.9
May	19° / 7°	35	7.9	0.4	15.4	6.4
Jun	24° / 12°	52	9.6	0	16.5	6.9
Jul	25° / 14°	73	12.5	0	16.1	6.5
Aug	24° / 12°	47	8.9	0	14.5	7.0
Sep	17° / 6°	28	6.6	0.2	12.4	5.7
Oct	9° / -0°	25	5.7	2.4	10.3	2.0
Nov	-3° / -10°	21	5.6	5	8.5	0.0
Dec	-10° / -17°	15	4.6	5.6	7.5	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	38	39	41	41	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44
Cloudier (%)	62	61	59	59	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	56

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Stepnogorsk gets around 27 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 22% and peaks near 26% 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
Rain chance (%)	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Snow chance (%)	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April 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 (%)	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

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, 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
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	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

	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	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	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of April to 14 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 7:35 PM to 8:26 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)	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:42	6:40	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53
Sunset (PM)	7:35	7:37	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:46	7:48	7:49	7:51	7:53	7:55	7:57	7:58	8:00	8:02	8:04	8:05	8:07	8:09	8:11	8:12	8:14	8:16	8:18	8:19	8:21	8:23	8:25	8:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:59	7:35
2	12.7	6:56	7:37
3	12.7	6:54	7:39
4	12.8	6:52	7:41
5	12.9	6:49	7:42
6	13.0	6:47	7:44
7	13.0	6:45	7:46
8	13.1	6:42	7:48
9	13.2	6:40	7:49
10	13.2	6:37	7:51
11	13.3	6:35	7:53
12	13.4	6:33	7:55
13	13.4	6:30	7:57
14	13.5	6:28	7:58
15	13.6	6:26	8:00
16	13.6	6:24	8:02
17	13.7	6:21	8:04
18	13.8	6:19	8:05
19	13.8	6:17	8:07
20	13.9	6:15	8:09
21	14.0	6:12	8:11
22	14.0	6:10	8:12
23	14.1	6:08	8:14
24	14.2	6:06	8:16
25	14.2	6:04	8:18
26	14.3	6:02	8:19
27	14.4	5:59	8:21
28	14.4	5:57	8:23
29	14.5	5:55	8:25
30	14.5	5:53	8:26

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.77 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — April'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)	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Stepnogorsk?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Stepnogorsk.

What to pack for Stepnogorsk in April

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

In April, Stepnogorsk sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Stepnogorsk in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Stepnogorsk peaks around June 17 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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	1	3	4	6	6	6	5	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	5	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Stepnogorsk?

Stepnogorsk sits at 52.4°N, 71.9°E, 311 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Makinsk, 104 km away.

Topography around Stepnogorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stepnogorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 325 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 338 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 433 m.

The land around Stepnogorsk is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (91%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

87 m

grassland 73%

16 km

338 m

grassland 91%

80 km

433 m

grassland 78%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← March Stepnogorsk year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Makinsk 104 km · Shchuchinsk 131 km · Astana 134 km · Akkol’ 186 km · Kokshetau 197 km · Ekibastuz 245 km · Atbasar 248 km · Temirtau 266 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 Stepnogorsk (52.3506°, 71.8816°, elevation 311 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	4	-5
2	5	-5
3	5	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-3
6	7	-3
7	7	-3
8	8	-2
9	8	-2
10	9	-2
11	9	-1
12	10	-1
13	10	0
14	11	0
15	11	0
16	12	1
17	12	1
18	13	1
19	13	1
20	13	2
21	14	2
22	14	2
23	14	2
24	14	2
25	15	3
26	15	3
27	15	3
28	15	3
29	16	3
30	16	3

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

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

	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

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

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

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

	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

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

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

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

	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