Climate averages 1991–2020
Baikonur weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little 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 Baikonur: daytime highs average -3.8°C and nights cool to about -10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.5 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyzylorda (192 km away). In January its highs average -2.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Baikonur, with 14 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Baikonur ranks 11th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Baikonur is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to -0.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 9.5 mm to 9.7 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
Baikonur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.8°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 9.5 | 3.0 | 9.19 h |
| February | -0.8°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 16 | 3.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 26.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 13 | 3.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 32.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 7.1 | 1.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 6.0 | 1.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.7°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.510 h |
| December | -2.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 13 | 3.5 | 8.89 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
- Kyzylorda in JanuaryKazakhstan · 192 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -9.4°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Zhezqazghan in JanuaryKazakhstan · 413 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -15.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Qŭnghirot in JanuaryUzbekistan · 457 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.7°C · 9.2 mm precipitation
- Nukus in JanuaryUzbekistan · 460 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 9.0 mm precipitation
- Turkistan in JanuaryKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -6.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Daşoguz in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 499 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Urganch in JanuaryUzbekistan · 501 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Xiva in JanuaryUzbekistan · 527 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.6°C · 9.5 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 Baikonur) is explained once on the Baikonur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.