Climate averages 1991–2020
Temirtau 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 Temirtau: daytime highs average -11.2°C and nights cool to about -17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 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 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karagandy (30 km away). In January its highs average -10.7°C, about as warm as Temirtau, with 18 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Temirtau ranks 24th of 26 for the warmest January highs and joint 14th of 26 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 26 cities is -6.0°C; Temirtau is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to -9.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 17 mm to 18 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
Temirtau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -11.2°C-17.9°C | -17.9°C | 17 | 5.0 | 8.69 h |
| February | -9.2°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 18 | 5.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | -1.7°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 24 | 6.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 29 | 6.6 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 36 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 45 | 8.7 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 52 | 10.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 30 | 6.6 | 14.514 h |
| September | 17.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 28 | 6.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | -2.0°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 27 | 6.7 | 9.19 h |
| December | -8.9°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 22 | 6.3 | 8.28 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
- Karagandy in JanuaryKazakhstan · 30 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Astana in JanuaryKazakhstan · 165 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in JanuaryKazakhstan · 249 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -18.2°C · 8.3 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in JanuaryKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh -12.1°C · Low -19.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Balqash in JanuaryKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -14.0°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Kokshetau in JanuaryKazakhstan · 435 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Zhezqazghan in JanuaryKazakhstan · 458 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -15.9°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Semey in JanuaryKazakhstan · 520 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -19.5°C · 16 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 Temirtau) is explained once on the Temirtau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.