Petropavl weather by month & the best time to visit
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · regional city · continental climate
The best time to visit Petropavl is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with June and July close behind. Petropavl averages about 2,371 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 52 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,371
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 83/100
- Rain / year
- 448 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 228k
- Elevation
- 138 m

When is the best time to visit Petropavl?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Petropavl is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 20 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Petropavl?
Petropavl gets a moderate 2,371 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate August (83) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #22 of 24 destinations in Kazakhstan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,719 hours. The year's 448 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -23° / -9°F | 20 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -20° / -4°F | 19 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -11° / 12°F | 28 mm | 2 |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -2° / 28°F | 33 mm | 3 |
| May | 71 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 44 mm | 4 |
| June | 82 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 56 mm | 5 |
| July | 82 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 60 mm | 5 |
| August | 83 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 52 mm | 4 |
| September | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 39 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 39 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -10° / 14°F | 34 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 24 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Omsk Russia · 265 km · best in Aug · 2,422 h sun/yr
- Tyumen Russia · 359 km · best in Aug · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Astana Kazakhstan · 444 km · best in Aug · 2,632 h sun/yr
- Chelyabinsk Russia · 493 km · best in Aug · 1,990 h sun/yr
- Yekaterinburg Russia · 568 km · best in Aug · 1,839 h sun/yr
- Khanty-Mansiysk Russia · 695 km · best in Jul · 1,889 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kokshetau Kazakhstan · 163 km · 2,413 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kurgan Russia · 252 km · 2,187 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tobolsk Russia · 369 km · 1,939 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kostanay Kazakhstan · 408 km · 2,470 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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