Climate averages 1991–2020
Taraz weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Taraz: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (159 km away). In January its highs average 3.9°C, 1.9°C warmer than Taraz, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Taraz ranks 4th of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Taraz is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 4.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 mm to 40 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
Taraz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.0°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 32 | 7.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.0°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 40 | 8.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 60 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 39 | 8.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 30.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 24 | 6.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 32.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 3.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 31.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 31 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 41 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.1°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 33 | 6.9 | 9.19 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
- Shymkent in JanuaryKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -6.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Chust in JanuaryUzbekistan · 211 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Namangan in JanuaryUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Chirchiq in JanuaryUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -6.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Angren in JanuaryUzbekistan · 233 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Andijon in JanuaryUzbekistan · 249 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -4.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Shahrixon in JanuaryUzbekistan · 249 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -3.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Tashkent in JanuaryUzbekistan · 254 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 59 mm rain
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 Taraz) is explained once on the Taraz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.