Kostanay weather by month & the best time to visit

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · regional city · continental climate

The best time to visit Kostanay is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with August and May close behind. Kostanay averages about 2,470 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 37 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

2,470

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

87/100

Rain / year

385 mm

Snow / year

≈1.4 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

210k

Elevation

179 m

When is the best time to visit Kostanay?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kostanay is June, then August and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 19 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kostanay?

Kostanay gets a moderate 2,470 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate June (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #19 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 385 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Chelyabinsk Russia · 268 km · best in Aug · 1,990 h sun/yr
• Yekaterinburg Russia · 430 km · best in Aug · 1,839 h sun/yr
• Tyumen Russia · 456 km · best in Aug · 2,005 h sun/yr
• Ufa Russia · 525 km · best in Jul · 2,072 h sun/yr
• Aktobe Kazakhstan · 547 km · best in Aug · 2,609 h sun/yr
• Orenburg Russia · 570 km · best in Aug · 2,478 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Kurgan Russia · 280 km · 2,187 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Magnitogorsk Russia · 319 km · 2,243 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Kokshetau Kazakhstan · 402 km · 2,413 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Petropavl Kazakhstan · 408 km · 2,371 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Orsk Russia · 413 km · 2,541 h sun/yr · best in Aug