Climate averages 1991–2020
Kostanay weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kostanay: daytime highs average -10.9°C and nights cool to about -17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rudnyy (44 km away). In January its highs average -10.7°C, about as warm as Kostanay, with 17 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kostanay ranks joint 22nd of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 14th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Kostanay is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to -8.9°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 17 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
Kostanay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -10.9°C-17.3°C | -17.3°C | 17 | 5.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.9°C-16.0°C | -16.0°C | 17 | 5.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 24 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 29 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 19.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 45 | 8.5 | 15.816 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 40 | 7.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 52 | 8.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 7.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 32 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 7.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -1.9°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 24 | 6.0 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.8°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 23 | 6.2 | 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
- Rudnyy in JanuaryKazakhstan · 44 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Troitsk in JanuaryRussia · 167 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -17.6°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Kopeysk in JanuaryRussia · 249 kmHigh -11.1°C · Low -17.2°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Chelyabinsk in JanuaryRussia · 259 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.2°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in JanuaryRussia · 272 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -18.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Miass in JanuaryRussia · 306 kmHigh -10.5°C · Low -17.1°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Magnitogorsk in JanuaryRussia · 307 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -17.5°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Shadrinsk in JanuaryRussia · 319 kmHigh -11.4°C · Low -17.5°C · 18 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 Kostanay) is explained once on the Kostanay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.