Ridder weather in January

In January, Ridder sees average daytime highs of -12°C and overnight lows near -20°C, with 60 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 8.3 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 33% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ridder's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ridder's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-12°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-20°
1st coldest
Precipitation
60 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:27 AM – 4:43 PM
Cloud cover
61%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ridder is city.

Density
11/km²
people per km²
Founded
1786

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 Ridder reaches about -12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -19°C and -6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-11-19
2-12-19
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How January really feels in Ridder

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.

Ridder 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°6010.110.98.30.0
Feb-8° / -19°578.69.59.70.0
Mar-2° / -13°7510.210.611.50.0
Apr / -4°10011.67.613.50.8
May14° / 12813.32.815.23.7
Jun19° / 13514.80.116.15.3
Jul20° / 16817.5015.75.4
Aug19° / 11912.80.114.35.9
Sep13° / 9711.12.812.43.7
Oct / -5°11812.69.810.50.5
Nov-5° / -14°11412.713.18.80.0
Dec-10° / -18°9112.714.17.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 59%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23862
33763
43763
53664
63763
73763
83763
93862
103763
113763
123862
133862
143862
153961
164060
174060
184159
194258
204258
214456
224456
234555
244654
254753
264753
274753
284753
294654
304654
314654

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ridder gets around 60 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 33% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14043
23942
33841
43841
53741
63740
73740
83640
93640
103640
113639
123639
133639
143539
153539
163538
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193437
203336
213235
223134
233033
242931
252830
262730
272729
282729
292629
302629
312629

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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208calm
218calm
228calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 54 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 8:33 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 4:25 PM to 5:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:334:25
27.98:334:26
37.98:334:27
47.98:334:28
57.98:334:29
68.08:324:30
78.08:324:31
88.08:324:33
98.08:314:34
108.18:314:35
118.18:304:36
128.18:304:38
138.28:294:39
148.28:294:40
158.28:284:42
168.38:274:43
178.38:274:44
188.38:264:46
198.48:254:47
208.48:244:49
218.48:234:50
228.58:224:52
238.58:214:53
248.68:204:55
258.68:194:57
268.78:184:58
278.78:175:00
288.88:165:01
298.88:155:03
308.98:135:05
318.98:125:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.32 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
41.1Dim
51.1Dim
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.2Dim
111.2Dim
121.2Dim
131.2Dim
141.2Dim
151.3Dim
161.3Dim
171.3Dim
181.3Dim
191.4Dim
201.4Dim
211.4Dim
221.5Dim
231.5Dim
241.5Dim
251.6Dim
261.6Dim
271.6Dim
281.7Dim
291.7Dim
301.7Dim
311.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ridder?

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
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ridder.

What to pack for Ridder in January

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

In January, Ridder sees daytime highs around -12°C and nights near -20°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Ridder 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 Ridder peaks around July 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ridder?

Ridder sits at 50.3°N, 83.5°E, 725 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Ust-Kamenogorsk, 77 km away.

KalbatauRubtsovskSemeyAleysk

Topography around Ridder

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ridder has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m around an average of 757 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,908 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,449 m.

The land around Ridder is covered by grassland (42%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
361 m
16 km
1,908 m
80 km
2,449 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Ust-Kamenogorsk 77 km · Altay 86 km · Shemonaikha 118 km · Gornyak 161 km · Kalbatau 179 km · Rubtsovsk 208 km · Semey 232 km · Aleysk 245 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 Ridder (50.3452°, 83.5156°, elevation 725 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).