Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktobe weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Aktobe: daytime highs average -8.9°C and nights cool to about -14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novotroitsk (129 km away). In January its highs average -9.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Aktobe, with 25 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktobe ranks joint 14th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Aktobe is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to -7.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 26 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aktobe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -8.9°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 26 | 7.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | -7.7°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 23 | 6.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | -0.6°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 32 | 7.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 36 | 7.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 36 | 7.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 35 | 6.6 | 15.916 h |
| August | 27.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 22 | 4.4 | 14.515 h |
| September | 20.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 32 | 6.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 0.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 27 | 6.5 | 9.19 h |
| December | -6.4°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 31 | 8.3 | 8.18 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Novotroitsk in JanuaryRussia · 129 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -15.7°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Orsk in JanuaryRussia · 139 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -15.8°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Orenburg in JanuaryRussia · 222 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -14.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Salavat in JanuaryRussia · 356 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -14.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Ishimbay in JanuaryRussia · 361 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -14.6°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Magnitogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 368 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -17.5°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Sterlitamak in JanuaryRussia · 383 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -14.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Beloretsk in JanuaryRussia · 417 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -16.9°C · 21 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aktobe) is explained once on the Aktobe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.