Climate averages 1991–2020
Ekibastuz weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Ekibastuz: daytime highs average -10.8°C and nights cool to about -18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.3 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pavlodar (128 km away). In January its highs average -12.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Ekibastuz, with 11 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Ekibastuz ranks joint 19th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Ekibastuz is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to -8.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 8.3 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
Ekibastuz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -10.8°C-18.2°C | -18.2°C | 8.3 | 3.1 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.4°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 9.7 | 3.1 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.4°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 16 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 21 | 5.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 33 | 7.4 | 15.616 h |
| June | 25.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 43 | 8.9 | 16.617 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 66 | 11.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 24.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 41 | 7.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 25 | 5.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 24 | 5.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | -1.3°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 19 | 5.5 | 8.99 h |
| December | -7.9°C-14.7°C | -14.7°C | 13 | 4.5 | 7.98 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
- Pavlodar in JanuaryKazakhstan · 128 kmHigh -12.1°C · Low -19.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 249 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.9°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Karagandy in JanuaryKazakhstan · 265 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Astana in JanuaryKazakhstan · 275 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Semey in JanuaryKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -19.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Omsk in JanuaryRussia · 386 kmHigh -13.2°C · Low -19.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Rubtsovsk in JanuaryRussia · 407 kmHigh -11.5°C · Low -18.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Kokshetau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 437 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.4°C · 12 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 Ekibastuz) is explained once on the Ekibastuz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.