Climate averages 1991–2020
Ust-Kamenogorsk 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 Ust-Kamenogorsk: daytime highs average -9.2°C and nights cool to about -18.3°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 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Semey (175 km away). In January its highs average -10.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Ust-Kamenogorsk, with 16 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Ust-Kamenogorsk ranks 16th 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; Ust-Kamenogorsk is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to -6.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 32 mm to 29 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
Ust-Kamenogorsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -9.2°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 32 | 8.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | -6.3°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 29 | 7.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 0.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 36 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 8.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 52 | 8.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.6 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 65 | 11.1 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 43 | 7.0 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 37 | 6.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 50 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| November | 0.0°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 57 | 10.0 | 9.19 h |
| December | -6.9°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 46 | 10.5 | 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
- Semey in JanuaryKazakhstan · 175 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -19.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Rubtsovsk in JanuaryRussia · 198 kmHigh -11.5°C · Low -18.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Biysk in JanuaryRussia · 337 kmHigh -12.3°C · Low -19.1°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in JanuaryChina · 360 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -13.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Barnaul in JanuaryRussia · 385 kmHigh -13.0°C · Low -19.9°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Jinshanlu in JanuaryChina · 468 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -18.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in JanuaryKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh -12.1°C · Low -19.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Karamay in JanuaryChina · 517 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -15.4°C · 1.9 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 Ust-Kamenogorsk) is explained once on the Ust-Kamenogorsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.