Zhitikara weather in January

In January, Zhitikara sees average daytime highs of -10°C and overnight lows near -17°C, with 17 mm of precipitation across 5.1 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 -10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Zhitikara's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zhitikara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-10°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-17°
1st coldest
Precipitation
17 mm
5.1 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
10:05 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
1.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zhitikara is town in Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan.

Density
5,905/km²
people per km²
Founded
1880

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 -10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zhitikara reaches about -10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -17°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 -2°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 Zhitikara

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.

Zhitikara 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-10° / -17°175.16.180.0
Feb-9° / -17°164.75.79.50.0
Mar-1° / -10°255.65.211.50.0
Apr11° / 316.91.813.63.1
May20° / 427.80.215.46.7
Jun25° / 13°357.60.116.47.2
Jul26° / 15°468.80166.9
Aug25° / 13°366.9014.57.4
Sep18° / 275.60.112.46.3
Oct10° / 306.8210.32.4
Nov-1° / -8°225.558.50.0
Dec-8° / -15°215.76.57.60.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Zhitikara gets around 17 mm of rain and snow over 5.1 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 17% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 6 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 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
214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 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 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:12 AM to 9:48 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.610:125:45
27.610:125:46
37.610:115:47
47.610:115:48
57.610:115:49
67.710:115:50
77.710:105:52
87.710:105:53
97.710:105:54
107.810:095:55
117.810:095:57
127.810:085:58
137.910:075:59
147.910:076:01
157.910:066:02
168.010:056:04
178.010:046:05
188.110:036:07
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208.110:026:10
218.210:016:12
228.210:006:13
238.39:586:15
248.39:576:17
258.49:566:18
268.49:556:20
278.59:546:22
288.59:526:24
298.69:516:25
308.69:506:27
318.79:486:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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261.2Dim
271.3Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zhitikara?

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 Zhitikara.

What to pack for Zhitikara in January

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

In January, Zhitikara sees daytime highs around -10°C and nights near -17°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Zhitikara 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 Zhitikara peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Zhitikara?

Zhitikara sits at 52.2°N, 61.2°E, 271 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Lisakovsk, 97 km away.

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Topography around Zhitikara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zhitikara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 273 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 334 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 396 m.

The land around Zhitikara is covered by grassland (61%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and grassland (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
334 m
80 km
396 m
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January weather nearby: Lisakovsk 97 km · Kartaly 104 km · Rudnyy 156 km · Yasnyy 158 km · Sibay 181 km · Kostanay 199 km · Magnitogorsk 199 km · Baymak 201 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 Zhitikara (52.1902°, 61.1989°, elevation 271 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).