Embi weather in January

In January, Embi sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -15°C, with 20 mm of precipitation across 5.8 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Embi's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Embi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-15°
1st coldest
Precipitation
20 mm
5.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
9:03 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Embi is town in Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan.

Founded
1870

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 -8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Embi reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -15°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -16°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Embi

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.

Embi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -15°205.87.88.50.0
Feb-7° / -15°205.269.80.0
Mar / -7°296.85.111.60.1
Apr14° / 276.1113.44.4
May22° / 10°336.40157.3
Jun28° / 15°245.1015.96.9
Jul30° / 18°224.7015.55.9
Aug28° / 16°143.2014.27.0
Sep21° / 10°113012.47.8
Oct12° / 255.20.710.53.8
Nov / -6°235.94.18.90.1
Dec-6° / -12°276.87.68.10.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 82%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Embi gets around 20 mm of rain and snow over 5.8 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 19% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 18 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 06 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 9:07 AM to 8:49 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.19:075:14
28.19:075:15
38.19:075:16
48.29:075:17
58.29:075:18
68.29:075:19
78.29:075:20
88.29:065:21
98.39:065:22
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118.39:055:24
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138.49:045:27
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158.49:035:29
168.59:035:31
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198.69:005:35
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218.68:595:38
228.78:585:39
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258.88:555:44
268.98:545:45
278.98:535:47
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299.08:515:50
309.08:505:51
319.18:495:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Embi?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Embi.

What to pack for Embi in January

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

In January, Embi sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -15°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Embi 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 Embi peaks around June 17 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Embi?

Embi sits at 48.8°N, 58.2°E, 233 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Kandyagash, 89 km away.

AktobeNovotroitskOrskYasnyyMednogorsk

Topography around Embi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Embi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 486 m.

The land around Embi is covered by grassland (82%) within 3 km, grassland (99%) within 16 km, and grassland (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
130 m
80 km
486 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
January weather nearby: Kandyagash 89 km · Shalqar 155 km · Khromtau 159 km · Aktobe 175 km · Novotroitsk 264 km · Orsk 268 km · Yasnyy 274 km · Mednogorsk 289 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 Embi (48.8298°, 58.1504°, elevation 233 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).