Temirtau weather in January

In January, Temirtau sees average daytime highs of -11°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 5.1 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 15% 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 Temirtau's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Temirtau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-11°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
1st coldest
Precipitation
17 mm
5.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
9:08 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temirtau is place in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.

Density
576/km²
people per km²
Founded
1909

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 Temirtau 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 -19°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Temirtau

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.

Temirtau weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -18°175.16.68.30.0
Feb-9° / -18°185.36.19.70.0
Mar-2° / -10°246.15.111.50.0
Apr12° / 296.61.713.53.3
May20° / 367.90.215.26.5
Jun24° / 13°448.8016.17.1
Jul26° / 14°5210.6015.76.8
Aug24° / 12°306.6014.37.5
Sep18° / 2250.112.46.5
Oct10° / -0°286.22.410.52.4
Nov-1° / -9°276.868.80.0
Dec-9° / -16°226.47.77.90.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21783
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312674

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Temirtau gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 5.1 wet days in January, the driest month. 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 19% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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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 18 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
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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 9:14 AM to 8:53 AM, and sunset from 5:09 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.99:145:09
27.99:145:10
38.09:145:11
48.09:145:12
58.09:135:13
68.09:135:14
78.09:135:15
88.19:135:16
98.19:125:17
108.19:125:19
118.19:115:20
128.29:115:21
138.29:105:22
148.29:105:24
158.39:095:25
168.39:085:26
178.39:085:28
188.49:075:29
198.49:065:31
208.49:055:32
218.59:045:34
228.59:045:35
238.69:035:37
248.69:025:38
258.79:005:40
268.78:595:42
278.78:585:43
288.88:575:45
298.88:565:46
308.98:555:48
318.98:535:50

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
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41.1Dim
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61.1Dim
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81.1Dim
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251.6Dim
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271.6Dim
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311.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Temirtau?

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 Temirtau.

What to pack for Temirtau in January

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

In January, Temirtau sees daytime highs around -11°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Temirtau 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 Temirtau peaks around July 20 at about 7 (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 20UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Temirtau 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 Temirtau is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 1515 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May12Good
Jun9Good
Jul11Good
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Temirtau?

Temirtau sits at 50.1°N, 73.0°E, 514 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Saran, 29 km away.

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Topography around Temirtau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Temirtau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 517 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 437 m.

The land around Temirtau is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
106 m
16 km
192 m
80 km
437 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Saran 29 km · Karagandy 30 km · Shakhtinsk 46 km · Abay 47 km · Astana 165 km · Ekibastuz 249 km · Stepnogorsk 266 km · Makinsk 337 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 Temirtau (50.052°, 72.955°, elevation 514 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).