What's going on in Kyzyl? (climate, places, sun, compared)

[PCALMike]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyzyl#Climate

Why is this place so cold in winter compared to Siberian places much further north like:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeniseysk#Climate

[Anhityk]

Maybe because of altitude as Kyzyl is 650 m asl, Yeniseysk 75 m asl.

[lommaren]

Perhaps the openness of the largely treeless surroundings of the arid climate enables this. Also slightly higher sun percentage in January, which generally is a bad idea if a high latitude is to avoid cold...

[grega94]

It's also in a pretty closed off valley which probably acts as sink collecting all of the colder air up in the mountains