Climate averages 1991–2020
Pavlodar 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 Pavlodar: daytime highs average -12.1°C and nights cool to about -19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 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 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ekibastuz (128 km away). In January its highs average -10.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Pavlodar, with 8.3 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Pavlodar ranks 25th of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Pavlodar is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to -9.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 11 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
Pavlodar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -12.1°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 11 | 3.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | -9.5°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 9.7 | 3.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | -1.2°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 15 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 19 | 5.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 20.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 28 | 6.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 25.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 40 | 8.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 60 | 10.8 | 16.316 h |
| August | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 38 | 7.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 22 | 6.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | -2.0°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.89 h |
| December | -8.9°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 15 | 5.2 | 7.88 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
- Ekibastuz in JanuaryKazakhstan · 128 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -18.2°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Rubtsovsk in JanuaryRussia · 303 kmHigh -11.5°C · Low -18.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Semey in JanuaryKazakhstan · 307 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -19.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.9°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Omsk in JanuaryRussia · 384 kmHigh -13.2°C · Low -19.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Karagandy in JanuaryKazakhstan · 386 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Astana in JanuaryKazakhstan · 399 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in JanuaryKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -18.3°C · 32 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 Pavlodar) is explained once on the Pavlodar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.