Novokazalinsk weather in January

In January, Novokazalinsk sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -12°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 3.2 wet days and about 8.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Novokazalinsk's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novokazalinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-12°
1st coldest
Precipitation
10 mm
3.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
9:35 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
70%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Novokazalinsk is urban-type settlement in Kyzylorda 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 -5°C through the month.

A typical January day in Novokazalinsk reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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

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.

Novokazalinsk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -12°103.22.98.90.0
Feb-2° / -11°102.6210.10.0
Mar / -3°184.61.211.61.5
Apr19° / 183.90.113.36.8
May27° / 14°153.4014.77.6
Jun32° / 19°82.3015.54.9
Jul34° / 21°72.1015.23.9
Aug32° / 19°51.2013.95.2
Sep25° / 12°40.9012.38.6
Oct16° / 102.50.110.76.1
Nov / -4°153.41.29.30.7
Dec-3° / -10°123.52.58.50.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
32971
42773
52773
62773
72674
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223268
233367
243565
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263664
273763
283664
293664
303664
313565

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Novokazalinsk gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 3.2 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 10% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1119
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3119
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29108
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31108

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 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
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515light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 min at the start of January to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:39 AM to 9:23 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.59:396:10
28.59:396:11
38.69:396:12
48.69:396:13
58.69:396:14
68.69:396:15
78.69:396:16
88.69:386:17
98.79:386:18
108.79:386:19
118.79:386:20
128.79:376:21
138.89:376:22
148.89:366:24
158.89:366:25
168.89:356:26
178.99:356:27
188.99:346:28
198.99:346:30
209.09:336:31
219.09:326:32
229.09:326:34
239.19:316:35
249.19:306:36
259.19:296:38
269.29:286:39
279.29:276:40
289.39:266:42
299.39:256:43
309.39:246:45
319.49:236:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.61 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.3Dim
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51.4Dim
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71.4Dim
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251.9Dim
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282.0Dim
292.0Dim
302.0Moderate
312.1Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Novokazalinsk?

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
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Novokazalinsk.

What to pack for Novokazalinsk in January

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

In January, Novokazalinsk sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -12°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Novokazalinsk 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 Novokazalinsk peaks around June 14 at about 7 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 14UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Novokazalinsk in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Novokazalinsk is worst in April — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.3× the cleanest month (January, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1643 µg/m³Jan 1514 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr44Poor
May35Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Novokazalinsk?

Novokazalinsk sits at 45.8°N, 62.2°E, 69 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Baikonur, 94 km away.

KyzylordaTasbugetShalqarOltinko‘lShiyeli

Topography around Novokazalinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novokazalinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m.

The land around Novokazalinsk is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), bare terrain (31%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) and bare terrain (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
98 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Baikonur 94 km · Aral 112 km · Zhosaly 155 km · Kyzylorda 285 km · Tasbuget 292 km · Shalqar 293 km · Oltinko‘l 402 km · Shiyeli 406 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 Novokazalinsk (45.8481°, 62.1525°, elevation 69 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).