Aksu weather in January

In January, Aksu sees average daytime highs of -12°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 3.6 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Aksu's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aksu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
10 mm
3.6 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
9:02 AM – 5:02 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Aksu is city in Kazakhstan.

Density
6/km²
people per km²
Founded
1899

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Aksu reaches about -12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -23°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Aksu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Aksu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -20°103.64.48.10.0
Feb-10° / -18°103.33.99.60.0
Mar-1° / -10°164.53.611.50.0
Apr13° / 185113.63.9
May21° / 286.40.115.47.0
Jun26° / 14°398.1016.47.1
Jul27° / 16°6110.60166.5
Aug25° / 13°386.8014.47.4
Sep19° / 245.3012.46.5
Oct10° / 226.11.610.42.5
Nov-2° / -9°185.14.18.50.0
Dec-9° / -17°155.167.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22179
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Aksu gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 3.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 12% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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311012

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:08 AM to 8:45 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.69:084:43
27.69:084:44
37.69:084:45
47.69:084:46
57.79:074:47
67.79:074:48
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87.79:064:51
97.89:064:52
107.89:054:53
117.89:054:55
127.99:044:56
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147.99:034:59
158.09:025:00
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188.19:005:05
198.18:595:06
208.28:585:08
218.28:575:09
228.38:565:11
238.38:555:13
248.38:545:14
258.48:535:16
268.48:515:18
278.58:505:20
288.58:495:21
298.68:475:23
308.68:465:25
318.78:455:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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261.4Dim
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281.4Dim
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311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Aksu?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aksu.

What to pack for Aksu in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Aksu sees daytime highs around -12°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Aksu in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aksu peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Sep4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Aksu?

Aksu sits at 52.0°N, 76.9°E, 123 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Pavlodar, 26 km away.

KarasukKupinoSemey

Topography around Aksu

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aksu.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aksu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 117 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m.

The land around Aksu is covered by grassland (54%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
38 m
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January weather nearby: Pavlodar 26 km · Ekibastuz 116 km · Kulunda 149 km · Yarovoye 149 km · Slavgorod 158 km · Karasuk 203 km · Kupino 260 km · Semey 293 km

Kazakhstan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,692
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
92%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 417
Religion
Muslim 69%Christian 17%non-believers 2%Buddhism 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aksu (52.0402°, 76.9275°, elevation 123 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).