Kalbatau weather in January

In January, Kalbatau sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 6.2 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-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 24% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kalbatau's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalbatau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
1st coldest
Precipitation
22 mm
6.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:31 AM – 4:55 PM
Cloud cover
66%
9th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kalbatau is village in Abai region, Kazakhstan.

Founded
1893

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 Kalbatau reaches about -11°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 -21°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 3°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Kalbatau

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.

Kalbatau 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-11° / -18°226.27.48.40.0
Feb-9° / -17°205.66.49.80.0
Mar-1° / -10°256.75.611.50.0
Apr13° / 327.51.913.43.8
May21° / 327.80.315.16.9
Jun26° / 13°327.70167.1
Jul28° / 15°4310.1015.66.5
Aug26° / 12°286.1014.27.5
Sep20° / 235.5012.47.1
Oct11° / 337.21.910.53.1
Nov-1° / -9°388.278.90.0
Dec-8° / -15°327.8980.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kalbatau gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 6.2 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 21% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12328
22327
32227
42227
52227
62226
72226
82326
92326
102326
112326
122326
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142326
152326
162326
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261721
271721
281721
291620
301620
311620

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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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
120light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:36 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 4:38 PM to 5:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:364:38
28.08:364:39
38.18:364:40
48.18:364:41
58.18:364:42
68.18:354:43
78.18:354:44
88.28:354:45
98.28:354:46
108.28:344:47
118.28:344:49
128.38:334:50
138.38:334:51
148.38:324:52
158.48:324:54
168.48:314:55
178.48:304:56
188.58:304:58
198.58:294:59
208.58:285:01
218.68:275:02
228.68:265:04
238.78:255:05
248.78:245:07
258.78:235:08
268.88:225:10
278.88:215:11
288.98:205:13
298.98:195:14
309.08:185:16
319.08:165:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
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31.2Dim
41.2Dim
51.2Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
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261.8Dim
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281.9Dim
291.9Dim
301.9Dim
311.9Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kalbatau?

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 Kalbatau.

What to pack for Kalbatau in January

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

In January, Kalbatau sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Kalbatau 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 Kalbatau peaks around July 18 at about 7 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighHighModerateLowJul 18UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kalbatau?

Kalbatau sits at 49.3°N, 81.6°E, 414 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Ust-Kamenogorsk, 103 km away.

AyagozRidderGornyakAltayRubtsovsk

Topography around Kalbatau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalbatau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 422 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,232 m.

The land around Kalbatau is covered by grassland (78%) within 3 km, grassland (94%) within 16 km, and grassland (96%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
215 m
80 km
1,232 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Ust-Kamenogorsk 103 km · Shemonaikha 146 km · Semey 154 km · Ayagoz 173 km · Ridder 179 km · Gornyak 185 km · Altay 199 km · Rubtsovsk 244 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 Kalbatau (49.3301°, 81.5727°, elevation 414 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).