Aktobe climate — normals and trends
Aktobe (Kazakhstan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 359 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Aktobe averages 171 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Aktobe has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 179 to 163 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 5 August 1940) and the coldest -41.2 °C (on 23 January 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AktobeAktobe
- coords
- 50.28°, 57.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.8°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
0.0°C
Annual rainfall
359mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
36.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
171 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
98.4 cm
Average feels-like high
5.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.9 °C
5 August 1940
Coldest day
-41.2 °C
23 January 1950
Wettest day
40 mm
7 July 2021
Windiest day
66.9 km/h
14 January 1968
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
7 September 1967
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
9 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-46.5 °C
17 January 1943
Snowiest day
18.4 cm
26 March 1997
Sunniest day
15.6 h
27 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.0 °C | +6.4 °C | 26 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | -6.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | 4.1 °C | +6.4 °C | 21 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +5.8 °C | 40 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 38 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 29 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 24 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 33 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 6 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 22 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 6.1 °C | +6.4 °C | 29 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | -5.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 34 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aktobe?
Aktobe has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 359 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aktobe?
The hottest day measured in Aktobe between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1940, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aktobe?
The coldest day measured in Aktobe between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1950, at -41.2 °C.
Does it snow in Aktobe?
Yes. Aktobe gets on average 98.4 cm of snow per year and has around 171 frost days.
Has the climate of Aktobe warmed?
Yes: Aktobe warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Aktobe?
The wettest day measured in Aktobe between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2021, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aktobe?
The windiest day measured in Aktobe between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1968, with winds reaching 66.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aktobe?
The warmest month in Aktobe is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Aktobe?
Aktobe receives on average 359 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aktobe?
Aktobe gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aktobe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aktobe between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1997, with 18.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aktobe?
Yes: Aktobe has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aktobe?
In Aktobe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 9 July 2023, and the lowest was -46.5 °C on 17 January 1943.
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