Arkalyk weather in January

In January, Arkalyk sees average daytime highs of -10°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 6.7 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Arkalyk's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arkalyk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
1st coldest
Precipitation
24 mm
6.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
9:34 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Arkalyk is city in Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan.

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 -10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Arkalyk reaches about -10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -18°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -19°C and -2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-10-17
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How January really feels in Arkalyk

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.

Arkalyk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-10° / -18°246.78.48.30.0
Feb-9° / -17°205.36.49.70.0
Mar-2° / -10°266.55.911.50.0
Apr12° / 255.61.313.53.4
May21° / 286.40.215.27.1
Jun26° / 13°296.5016.17.3
Jul27° / 15°347.5015.77.1
Aug26° / 13°284.9014.37.7
Sep19° / 204.50.112.46.9
Oct11° / 296.41.810.52.7
Nov-1° / -8°266.55.58.80.0
Dec-8° / -15°286.88.17.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21684
31585
41684
51684
61684
71684
81585
91684
101684
111684
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302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Arkalyk gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 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 22% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12227
22228
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42328
52328
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82430
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112431
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301923
311823

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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Dry (%)
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:39 AM to 9:18 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.99:395:32
27.99:395:33
37.99:395:34
47.99:395:35
58.09:395:36
68.09:385:37
78.09:385:38
88.09:385:39
98.19:375:41
108.19:375:42
118.19:365:43
128.19:365:44
138.29:355:46
148.29:355:47
158.29:345:48
168.39:345:50
178.39:335:51
188.39:325:53
198.49:315:54
208.49:305:56
218.59:295:57
228.59:295:59
238.59:286:00
248.69:276:02
258.69:256:03
268.79:246:05
278.79:236:07
288.89:226:08
298.89:216:10
308.99:206:11
318.99:186:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.18 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
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30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.2Dim
181.2Dim
191.2Dim
201.3Dim
211.3Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.4Dim
251.4Dim
261.4Dim
271.5Dim
281.5Dim
291.5Dim
301.6Dim
311.6Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Arkalyk?

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 Arkalyk.

What to pack for Arkalyk in January

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

In January, Arkalyk sees daytime highs around -10°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Arkalyk 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 Arkalyk peaks around June 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 13UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Arkalyk?

Arkalyk sits at 50.3°N, 66.9°E, 332 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Atbasar, 201 km away.

AtbasarSatpayevZhezqazghanAstanaMakinskShchuchinskKokshetauAkkol’

Topography around Arkalyk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arkalyk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 345 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 413 m.

The land around Arkalyk is covered by grassland (63%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
413 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Atbasar 201 km · Satpayev 265 km · Zhezqazghan 279 km · Astana 336 km · Makinsk 360 km · Shchuchinsk 375 km · Kokshetau 378 km · Akkol’ 386 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 Arkalyk (50.2503°, 66.9038°, elevation 332 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).