Climate averages 1991–2020
Karagandy weather
in January.
A freezing month with light 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 Karagandy: daytime highs average -10.7°C and nights cool to about -17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temirtau (30 km away). In January its highs average -11.2°C, about as warm as Karagandy, with 17 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Karagandy ranks joint 17th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 17th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Karagandy is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to -8.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 18 mm to 19 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
Karagandy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -10.7°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 18 | 5.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | -8.7°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 19 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | -1.2°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 25 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 30 | 6.8 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 35 | 7.5 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 44 | 8.3 | 16.316 h |
| July | 25.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 51 | 10.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 30 | 6.1 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.5°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 28 | 6.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | -1.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 28 | 6.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | -8.4°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 23 | 6.8 | 8.28 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
- Temirtau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 30 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.9°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Astana in JanuaryKazakhstan · 193 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in JanuaryKazakhstan · 265 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -18.2°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Balqash in JanuaryKazakhstan · 357 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -14.0°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in JanuaryKazakhstan · 386 kmHigh -12.1°C · Low -19.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Zhezqazghan in JanuaryKazakhstan · 454 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -15.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Kokshetau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 464 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Semey in JanuaryKazakhstan · 514 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -19.5°C · 16 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 Karagandy) is explained once on the Karagandy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.