Climate averages 1991–2020
Kokshetau weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kokshetau: daytime highs average -10.8°C and nights cool to about -17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Petropavl (177 km away). In January its highs average -12.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kokshetau, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kokshetau ranks joint 19th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Kokshetau is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to -8.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 12 mm to 10 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
Kokshetau 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-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.8°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 10 | 3.1 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 30 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 41 | 8.6 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 9.1 | 16.917 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 80 | 11.8 | 16.416 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 32 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 7.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 30 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | -2.8°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 22 | 5.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 17 | 5.6 | 7.68 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
- Petropavl in JanuaryKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh -12.2°C · Low -18.3°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Astana in JanuaryKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Omsk in JanuaryRussia · 321 kmHigh -13.2°C · Low -19.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in JanuaryRussia · 356 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -18.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Kostanay in JanuaryKazakhstan · 384 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -17.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Rudnyy in JanuaryKazakhstan · 420 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 435 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.9°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in JanuaryKazakhstan · 437 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 Kokshetau) is explained once on the Kokshetau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.