Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Karakol: daytime highs average -4.6°C and nights cool to about -14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almaty (147 km away). In January its highs average -1.8°C, 2.8°C warmer than Karakol, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Karakol ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 2 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is -0.8°C; Karakol is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to -1.7°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 23 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
Karakol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -4.6°C-14.6°C | -14.6°C | 23 | 5.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.7°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 23 | 6.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 3.2°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 70 | 12.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 13.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 16.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 94 | 18.3 | 15.215 h |
| July | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 97 | 18.5 | 15.015 h |
| August | 19.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 18.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 15.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 78 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 9.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 65 | 12.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | -3.1°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 30 | 7.1 | 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
- Almaty in JanuaryKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -8.7°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Wensu in JanuaryChina · 204 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -9.6°C · 1.5 mm precipitation
- Aqsu in JanuaryChina · 213 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -10.8°C · 1.5 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in JanuaryChina · 251 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Huocheng in JanuaryChina · 265 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -11.4°C · 9.9 mm precipitation
- Taldykorgan in JanuaryKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -13.1°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in JanuaryChina · 285 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Tumxuk in JanuaryChina · 297 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.6°C · 0.8 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 Karakol) is explained once on the Karakol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.