Climate averages 1991–2020
Oral weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Oral: daytime highs average -7.0°C and nights cool to about -12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buzuluk (180 km away). In January its highs average -7.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Oral, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Oral ranks 12th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Oral is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to -6.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 30 mm to 26 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
Oral climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -7.0°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 30 | 7.8 | 8.48 h |
| February | -6.3°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 26 | 6.9 | 10.010 h |
| March | 1.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 29 | 6.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 32 | 6.5 | 15.516 h |
| June | 26.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 16.516 h |
| July | 28.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 28 | 5.6 | 16.116 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 23 | 4.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 30 | 6.4 | 9.09 h |
| December | -4.9°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 32 | 7.7 | 8.08 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
- Buzuluk in JanuaryRussia · 180 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -13.4°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Chapayevsk in JanuaryRussia · 225 kmHigh -7.1°C · Low -12.5°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Novokuybyshevsk in JanuaryRussia · 229 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -13.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Samara in JanuaryRussia · 235 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -13.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Orenburg in JanuaryRussia · 261 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -14.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Balakovo in JanuaryRussia · 265 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -11.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Tolyatti in JanuaryRussia · 291 kmHigh -7.5°C · Low -11.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Vol’sk in JanuaryRussia · 293 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -11.6°C · 40 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 Oral) is explained once on the Oral year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.