Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavl weather
in January.
A freezing month with light 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 Petropavl: daytime highs average -12.2°C and nights cool to about -18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kokshetau (177 km away). In January its highs average -10.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Petropavl, with 12 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Petropavl ranks 26th of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Petropavl is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to -9.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 15 mm to 14 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
Petropavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -12.2°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 15 | 5.1 | 7.98 h |
| February | -9.6°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 14 | 4.9 | 9.610 h |
| March | -1.7°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.0°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 30 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 39 | 8.0 | 16.116 h |
| June | 22.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 55 | 10.2 | 17.217 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 14.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 38 | 8.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 34 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.7°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 29 | 7.8 | 8.58 h |
| December | -9.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 21 | 6.7 | 7.37 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
- Kokshetau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in JanuaryRussia · 250 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -18.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Omsk in JanuaryRussia · 270 kmHigh -13.2°C · Low -19.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Tyumen in JanuaryRussia · 339 kmHigh -12.5°C · Low -18.9°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Shadrinsk in JanuaryRussia · 372 kmHigh -11.4°C · Low -17.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Tobolsk in JanuaryRussia · 374 kmHigh -13.8°C · Low -19.7°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Kostanay in JanuaryKazakhstan · 405 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -17.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Astana in JanuaryKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.9°C · 14 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 Petropavl) is explained once on the Petropavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.