Climate averages 1991–2020
Balqash weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Balqash: daytime highs average -8.9°C and nights cool to about -14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (332 km away). In January its highs average -2.5°C, 6.4°C warmer than Balqash, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Balqash ranks joint 14th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Balqash is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to -6.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 10 mm to 9.9 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
Balqash 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-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 10 | 3.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | -6.5°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 9.9 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 1.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 11 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 15 | 3.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 15 | 3.4 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 10 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 1.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 16 | 4.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | -5.7°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 13 | 3.5 | 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
- Taldykorgan in JanuaryKazakhstan · 332 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -13.1°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Karagandy in JanuaryKazakhstan · 357 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.9°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Sarqant in JanuaryKazakhstan · 412 kmHigh -2.2°C · Low -11.4°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Almaty in JanuaryKazakhstan · 427 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -8.7°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in JanuaryChina · 515 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Taraz in JanuaryKazakhstan · 523 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -8.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in JanuaryKazakhstan · 543 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -18.2°C · 8.3 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 Balqash) is explained once on the Balqash year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.