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When to go to Astrakhan
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Astrakhan has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May and September.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): June to August.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): November to March.
- The warmest month is July (35°C) and the coolest January (-1°C). The wettest is May (27 mm) and the driest August (9 mm); about 217 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCool
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctCool
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Astrakhan
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1°C | -8°C | 14 mm | 87% | 68% | 1.2 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 0°C | -8°C | 13 mm | 83% | 64% | 2.1 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 8°C | -2°C | 18 mm | 72% | 65% | 3.4 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 17°C | 5°C | 26 mm | 61% | 62% | 4.9 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 26°C | 13°C | 27 mm | 53% | 55% | 6.2 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 32°C | 19°C | 19 mm | 43% | 48% | 6.9 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 35°C | 21°C | 15 mm | 40% | 48% | 6.6 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 9 mm | 41% | 45% | 5.9 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 25°C | 13°C | 17 mm | 55% | 50% | 4.5 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 21 mm | 69% | 57% | 2.8 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 7°C | -1°C | 18 mm | 81% | 64% | 1.5 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | 1°C | -5°C | 20 mm | 87% | 69% | 0.9 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
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- Volgograd374 kmGood for going: May, June, August and September
- Makhachkala377 kmGood for going: May to October
- Grozny385 kmGood for going: April to June, September and October
- Aktau387 kmGood for going: May to September
- Vladikavkaz454 kmGood for going: June to September
- Nalchik471 kmGood for going: May to September
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