Ekibastuz weather in January

In January, Ekibastuz sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -19°C, with 9 mm of precipitation across 3.2 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -11°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 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 Ekibastuz's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ekibastuz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-19°
1st coldest
Precipitation
9 mm
3.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
9:06 AM – 5:10 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ekibastuz is town in Kazakhstan.

Density
646/km²
people per km²
Founded
1898

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 -11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ekibastuz reaches about -11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -21°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 Ekibastuz

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.

Ekibastuz weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -19°93.23.98.10.0
Feb-9° / -18°102.93.49.60.0
Mar-1° / -10°164.63.811.50.0
Apr13° / 215.41.513.63.8
May20° / 337.20.315.46.8
Jun25° / 14°438.9016.37.0
Jul27° / 15°6611.90166.4
Aug25° / 13°417.5014.47.2
Sep18° / 255.70.112.46.3
Oct10° / 245.71.710.42.6
Nov-1° / -8°195.54.38.60.0
Dec-8° / -16°134.55.57.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22278
32278
42278
52278
62278
72278
82179
92179
102179
112179
122179
132179
142179
152278
162278
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202278
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312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ekibastuz gets around 9 mm of rain and snow over 3.2 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 11% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
11417
21417
31417
41417
51416
61416
71316
81316
91316
101315
111315
121215
131215
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181013
191012
20912
21911
22811
23810
24810
2579
2679
2789
2889
2989
30810
31810

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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22100
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26100
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28100
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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 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light 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 9:13 AM to 8:50 AM, and sunset from 4:51 PM to 5:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.69:134:51
27.79:134:52
37.79:134:53
47.79:124:54
57.79:124:55
67.79:124:56
77.89:124:57
87.89:114:59
97.89:115:00
107.89:105:01
117.99:105:02
127.99:095:04
137.99:095:05
148.09:085:07
158.09:075:08
168.19:065:10
178.19:065:11
188.19:055:13
198.29:045:14
208.29:035:16
218.39:025:17
228.39:015:19
238.39:005:21
248.48:595:22
258.48:585:24
268.58:565:26
278.58:555:27
288.68:545:29
298.68:535:31
308.78:515:32
318.78:505:34

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.16 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
60.9Dim
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
201.2Dim
211.3Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.4Dim
251.4Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.5Dim
291.5Dim
301.5Dim
311.6Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ekibastuz?

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 Ekibastuz.

What to pack for Ekibastuz in January

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

In January, Ekibastuz sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -19°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Ekibastuz 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 Ekibastuz peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Ekibastuz?

Ekibastuz sits at 51.7°N, 75.3°E, 203 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Aksu, 116 km away.

StepnogorskTemirtauYarovoyeKulundaKaragandySlavgorod

Topography around Ekibastuz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ekibastuz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 194 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 554 m.

The land around Ekibastuz is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
247 m
16 km
359 m
80 km
554 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Aksu 116 km · Pavlodar 128 km · Stepnogorsk 245 km · Temirtau 249 km · Yarovoye 258 km · Kulunda 264 km · Karagandy 265 km · Slavgorod 267 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 Ekibastuz (51.7237°, 75.3229°, elevation 203 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).