Kara-Balta climate — normals and trends
Kara-Balta (Kyrgyzstan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,203 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 (18.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kara-Balta averages 171 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Kara-Balta has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °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 33.4 °C (on 5 July 1942) and the coldest -30.4 °C (on 28 November 1954).
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
Kara-BaltaChuy Region
- coords
- 42.81°, 73.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
0.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,203mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
26.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
171 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
203.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
25.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
33.4 °C
5 July 1942
Coldest day
-30.4 °C
28 November 1954
Wettest day
68 mm
24 May 1985
Windiest day
109.9 km/h
17 December 1945
Strongest gust
59.8 km/h
17 September 1982
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
5 July 1942
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
28 November 1954
Snowiest day
15.7 cm
5 November 1983
Sunniest day
14.4 h
3 July 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 40 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 1.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 90 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 68 mm | -82 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 166 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 118 mm | -35 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 141 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 160 mm | +39 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 162 mm | +63 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 102 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 6.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 43 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 80 mm | +36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kara-Balta?
Kara-Balta has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 1,203 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kara-Balta?
The hottest day measured in Kara-Balta between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1942, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kara-Balta?
The coldest day measured in Kara-Balta between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1954, at -30.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kara-Balta?
Yes. Kara-Balta gets on average 203.1 cm of snow per year and has around 171 frost days.
Has the climate of Kara-Balta warmed?
Yes: Kara-Balta warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kara-Balta?
The wettest day measured in Kara-Balta between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1985, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kara-Balta?
The windiest day measured in Kara-Balta between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1945, with winds reaching 109.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kara-Balta?
The warmest month in Kara-Balta is July (18.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kara-Balta?
Kara-Balta receives on average 1,203 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kara-Balta?
Kara-Balta gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kara-Balta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kara-Balta between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1983, with 15.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kara-Balta?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kara-Balta.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kara-Balta?
In Kara-Balta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 5 July 1942, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 28 November 1954.
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