Petropavl weather in January

In January, Petropavl sees average daytime highs of -12°C and overnight lows near -19°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 5 wet days and about 7.6 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 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Petropavl's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Petropavl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-19°
1st coldest
Precipitation
16 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
9:47 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
0.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Petropavl is city in Kazakhstan, seat of North Kazakhstan Province.

Founded
1752

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 Petropavl reaches about -12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -19°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -22°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Petropavl

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.

Petropavl 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° / -19°1656.37.60.0
Feb-10° / -18°144.76.29.30.0
Mar-2° / -11°216.15.911.40.0
Apr10° / -0°306.52.213.82.2
May19° / 398.10.315.86.1
Jun23° / 12°5510.30176.7
Jul24° / 14°7711.9016.56.7
Aug22° / 12°5810.4014.76.6
Sep16° / 398.20.112.54.9
Oct / 3483.310.21.4
Nov-3° / -9°297.878.10.0
Dec-10° / -17°216.68.170.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Petropavl gets around 16 mm of rain and snow over 5 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 17% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 hours at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:56 AM to 9:27 AM, and sunset from 4:57 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.09:564:57
27.09:564:58
37.19:554:59
47.19:555:01
57.19:555:02
67.19:545:03
77.29:545:04
87.29:535:06
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107.39:525:09
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167.59:475:18
177.69:465:20
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197.79:445:23
207.79:435:25
217.79:425:27
227.89:415:29
237.99:395:30
247.99:385:32
258.09:375:34
268.09:355:36
278.19:345:38
288.19:325:40
298.29:315:42
308.29:295:44
318.39:275:46

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Petropavl?

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 Petropavl.

What to pack for Petropavl in January

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

In January, Petropavl sees daytime highs around -12°C and nights near -19°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Petropavl in January

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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 Petropavl peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Petropavl 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 Petropavl is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 1615 µg/m³Dec 224 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb7Good
Mar9Good
Apr16Moderate
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug8Good
Sep6Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Petropavl?

Petropavl sits at 54.9°N, 69.2°E, 141 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Isil’kul’, 136 km away.

KokshetauAkkol’ShchuchinskZavodoukovskKurganMakinsk

Topography around Petropavl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Petropavl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 132 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m.

The land around Petropavl is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) within 3 km, grassland (38%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
72 m
80 km
84 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Isil’kul’ 136 km · Ishim 139 km · Kokshetau 177 km · Akkol’ 178 km · Shchuchinsk 226 km · Zavodoukovsk 244 km · Kurgan 250 km · Makinsk 263 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 Petropavl (54.8734°, 69.1506°, elevation 141 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).