Pavlodar weather in January

In January, Pavlodar sees average daytime highs of -12°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 11 mm of precipitation across 3.9 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 30 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pavlodar's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pavlodar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
11 mm
3.9 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
9:02 AM – 5:00 PM
Cloud cover
78%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Pavlodar is city in Kazakhstan, former capital of the Kimek Khanate.

Founded
1720

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 -12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pavlodar reaches about -12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -23°C and -2°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 Pavlodar

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.

Pavlodar 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-12° / -20°113.94.580.0
Feb-10° / -18°103.23.89.50.0
Mar-2° / -11°154.33.411.50.0
Apr12° / 195.21.113.63.7
May21° / 286.40.115.46.9
Jun26° / 14°408016.47.1
Jul27° / 16°6010.70166.5
Aug25° / 13°387.3014.57.3
Sep18° / 265.60.112.46.3
Oct10° / 226.21.710.32.4
Nov-2° / -9°185.14.38.50.0
Dec-9° / -17°155.26.57.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22179
32179
42179
52179
62179
72080
82080
92080
101981
111981
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232278
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252278
262179
272179
282179
292179
302080
312080

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Pavlodar gets around 11 mm of rain and snow over 3.9 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 13% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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28911
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311012

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 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 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:09 AM to 8:45 AM, and sunset from 4:41 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.59:094:41
27.69:094:42
37.69:094:43
47.69:094:45
57.69:084:46
67.69:084:47
77.79:084:48
87.79:074:49
97.79:074:51
107.89:064:52
117.89:064:53
127.89:054:55
137.99:054:56
147.99:044:57
157.99:034:59
168.09:025:00
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188.09:015:03
198.19:005:05
208.18:595:07
218.28:585:08
228.28:575:10
238.38:565:12
248.38:555:13
258.48:535:15
268.48:525:17
278.58:515:18
288.58:505:20
298.68:485:22
308.68:475:24
318.78:455:25

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.4Dim
271.4Dim
281.4Dim
291.4Dim
301.5Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Pavlodar?

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 Pavlodar.

What to pack for Pavlodar in January

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

In January, Pavlodar sees daytime highs around -12°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Pavlodar 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 Pavlodar 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Pavlodar 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 Pavlodar is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1415 µg/m³Dec 185 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar11Good
Apr16Moderate
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul11Good
Aug7Good
Sep6Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pavlodar?

Pavlodar sits at 52.3°N, 77.0°E, 125 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Aksu, 26 km away.

KarasukKupinoRubtsovsk

Topography around Pavlodar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pavlodar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m.

The land around Pavlodar is covered by artificial surfaces (70%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) within 16 km, and grassland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
68 m
80 km
105 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Aksu 26 km · Ekibastuz 128 km · Yarovoye 130 km · Kulunda 137 km · Slavgorod 139 km · Karasuk 178 km · Kupino 234 km · Rubtsovsk 303 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 Pavlodar (52.276°, 76.9688°, elevation 125 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).