Zaysan weather in October

In October, Zaysan sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 6.9 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Zaysan's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zaysan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 37 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 6:48 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Zaysan is place in East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.

Founded: 1868

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 16°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical October day in Zaysan reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°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)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8
Avg low (°C)	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3

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

How October really feels in Zaysan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 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.

Zaysan 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	-10° / -18°	15	4.7	5.5	8.7	0.0
Feb	-7° / -17°	14	4.5	4.9	9.9	0.0
Mar	2° / -9°	26	6.5	4.9	11.6	0.2
Apr	14° / 1°	40	8.4	2.2	13.3	4.1
May	20° / 8°	40	8.2	0.5	14.9	6.8
Jun	25° / 13°	38	7.9	0	15.7	7.1
Jul	27° / 15°	42	10.2	0	15.4	6.6
Aug	26° / 13°	36	7.6	0	14.1	7.5
Sep	20° / 7°	35	7.4	0.4	12.4	7.0
Oct	12° / 1°	37	6.9	2.5	10.6	3.6
Nov	1° / -8°	35	8.1	6.8	9.1	0.1
Dec	-7° / -16°	20	6.1	6.8	8.3	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 43%. 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 (%)	63	62	62	62	62	61	61	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	55	56	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	51	50
Cloudier (%)	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	50	50

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Zaysan gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 6.9 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 24% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 3 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 (%)	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15

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

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 8 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	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 30 min at the start of October to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 4:58 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	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:26	5:53
2	11.4	6:27	5:51
3	11.3	6:29	5:49
4	11.3	6:30	5:47
5	11.2	6:31	5:45
6	11.2	6:33	5:43
7	11.1	6:34	5:41
8	11.1	6:36	5:39
9	11.0	6:37	5:37
10	10.9	6:39	5:35
11	10.9	6:40	5:33
12	10.8	6:42	5:31
13	10.8	6:43	5:29
14	10.7	6:45	5:27
15	10.7	6:46	5:25
16	10.6	6:48	5:23
17	10.5	6:49	5:22
18	10.5	6:51	5:20
19	10.4	6:52	5:18
20	10.4	6:54	5:16
21	10.3	6:55	5:14
22	10.3	6:57	5:13
23	10.2	6:58	5:11
24	10.2	7:00	5:09
25	10.1	7:01	5:07
26	10.1	7:03	5:06
27	10.0	7:04	5:04
28	9.9	7:06	5:03
29	9.9	7:07	5:01
30	9.8	7:09	4:59
31	9.8	7:10	4:58

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.87 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)	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2
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	3.6	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Zaysan?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zaysan.

What to pack for Zaysan in October

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

In October, Zaysan sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zaysan in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zaysan peaks around July 20 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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	8	6	8	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	8	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Zaysan 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 Zaysan is worst in February — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 8 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)	11	15	15	15	12	11	11	9	11	12	10	8
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	12	Moderate
Jun	11	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	12	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Zaysan?

Zaysan sits at 47.5°N, 84.9°E, 635 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Maqanshy, 229 km away.

Topography around Zaysan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaysan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m around an average of 643 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,498 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,412 m.

The land around Zaysan is covered by grassland (77%) within 3 km, grassland (91%) within 16 km, and grassland (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

328 m

grassland 77%

16 km

1,498 m

grassland 91%

80 km

3,412 m

grassland 81%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

October weather nearby: Maqanshy 229 km · Altay 256 km · Kalbatau 320 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 324 km · Ridder 335 km · Ayagoz 336 km · Ölgii 412 km · Shemonaikha 412 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 Zaysan (47.4666°, 84.8714°, elevation 635 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	16	4
2	16	4
3	16	3
4	16	3
5	15	3
6	15	3
7	15	2
8	15	2
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	12	1
17	12	0
18	12	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	-1
22	11	-1
23	10	-1
24	10	-1
25	10	-1
26	9	-1
27	9	-2
28	9	-2
29	9	-2
30	8	-2
31	8	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	50	50

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

	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