Climate averages 1991–2020
Atyrau weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Atyrau: daytime highs average -2.8°C and nights cool to about -8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Astrakhan (305 km away). In January its highs average -0.2°C, 2.6°C warmer than Atyrau, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Atyrau ranks 10th of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Atyrau is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to -1.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 15 mm to 13 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
Atyrau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 15 | 4.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 13 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 24.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 24 | 5.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 30.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 15.516 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.8 | 1.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.1 | 2.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | -0.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 16 | 4.3 | 8.69 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
- Astrakhan in JanuaryRussia · 305 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.6°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Aktau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in JanuaryKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -5.1°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Oral in JanuaryKazakhstan · 462 kmHigh -7.0°C · Low -12.6°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Aktobe in JanuaryKazakhstan · 526 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -14.9°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Volzhsky in JanuaryRussia · 561 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -8.0°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Orenburg in JanuaryRussia · 568 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -14.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Makhachkala in JanuaryRussia · 574 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 26 mm rain
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 Atyrau) is explained once on the Atyrau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.