Climate averages 1991–2020
Semey 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 Semey: daytime highs average -10.9°C and nights cool to about -19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubtsovsk (139 km away). In January its highs average -11.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Semey, with 23 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Semey ranks joint 22nd of 26 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Semey is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to -7.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 16 mm to 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
Semey 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-19.5°C | -19.5°C | 16 | 5.0 | 8.59 h |
| February | -7.8°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 21 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 23 | 5.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 21.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 27.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 6.8 | 16.416 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 45 | 9.8 | 16.016 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 20 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 24 | 6.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 28 | 6.8 | 9.19 h |
| December | -7.6°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 22 | 7.0 | 8.18 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
- Rubtsovsk in JanuaryRussia · 139 kmHigh -11.5°C · Low -18.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in JanuaryKazakhstan · 175 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -18.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in JanuaryKazakhstan · 307 kmHigh -12.1°C · Low -19.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in JanuaryKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -18.2°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Barnaul in JanuaryRussia · 405 kmHigh -13.0°C · Low -19.9°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Biysk in JanuaryRussia · 415 kmHigh -12.3°C · Low -19.1°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in JanuaryChina · 455 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -13.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Karagandy in JanuaryKazakhstan · 514 kmHigh -10.7°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 Semey) is explained once on the Semey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.