Climate averages 1991–2020
Qŭnghirot weather
in January.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Qŭnghirot: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.2 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nukus (90 km away). In January its highs average 1.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Qŭnghirot, with 9.0 mm of precipitation.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Qŭnghirot ranks 28th of 28 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 28 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 28 cities is 5.8°C; Qŭnghirot is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 3.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 9.2 mm to 9.6 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
Qŭnghirot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.7°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.8°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 9.6 | 2.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 11.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.0 | 2.7 | 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
- Nukus in JanuaryUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 9.0 mm precipitation
- Daşoguz in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 163 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Urganch in JanuaryUzbekistan · 222 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Xiva in JanuaryUzbekistan · 223 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.6°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Baikonur in JanuaryKazakhstan · 457 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -10.9°C · 9.5 mm precipitation
- Zhanaozen in JanuaryKazakhstan · 486 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -5.1°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Balkanabat in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 542 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Ashgabat in JanuaryTurkmenistan · 568 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.9°C · 30 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 Qŭnghirot) is explained once on the Qŭnghirot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.