Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarqant weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Sarqant: daytime highs average -2.2°C and nights cool to about -11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (129 km away). In January its highs average -2.5°C, about as warm as Sarqant, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Sarqant ranks 7th of 26 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Sarqant is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 0.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 28 mm to 30 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
Sarqant climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -2.2°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 28 | 6.4 | 9.29 h |
| February | 0.1°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 6.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 5.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 71 | 10.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 50 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 25.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 53 | 8.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 6.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | -0.3°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 8.89 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
- Taldykorgan in JanuaryKazakhstan · 129 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -13.1°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in JanuaryChina · 140 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Huocheng in JanuaryChina · 169 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -11.4°C · 9.9 mm precipitation
- Bole in JanuaryChina · 178 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in JanuaryChina · 200 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in JanuaryChina · 277 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -13.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Almaty in JanuaryKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -8.7°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in JanuaryChina · 345 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -16.3°C · 19 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 Sarqant) is explained once on the Sarqant year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.