Ain el Hadjel weather in January

In January, Ain el Hadjel sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 21 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ain el Hadjel's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ain el Hadjel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 21 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:59 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 11th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

← December Ain el Hadjel year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ain el Hadjel reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

How January really feels in Ain el Hadjel

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ain el Hadjel weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	21	5	9.9	4.0
Feb	14° / 4°	19	4.5	10.6	5.0
Mar	19° / 7°	23	4.7	11.7	6.9
Apr	22° / 10°	27	4.9	12.9	7.7
May	28° / 15°	23	4.1	13.9	7.2
Jun	34° / 20°	9	2.1	14.4	4.0
Jul	38° / 23°	4	1.6	14.2	1.6
Aug	37° / 23°	7	2.5	13.3	2.2
Sep	31° / 18°	23	4.7	12.2	5.5
Oct	25° / 14°	22	4.2	11.1	8.0
Nov	18° / 8°	21	3.9	10.1	6.6
Dec	13° / 5°	19	4.7	9.6	4.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	68	69	69	69	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	66	65	64	63	63	63	62	61	61	61	61	60	61	60	61	62	61	62	62	63
Cloudier (%)	32	31	31	31	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	37	37	38	39	39	39	39	40	39	40	39	38	39	38	38	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ain el Hadjel gets around 21 mm of rain over 5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 17% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	14
9	14
10	15
11	15
12	16
13	16
14	17
15	17
16	18
17	18
18	18
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	19
24	19
25	19
26	19
27	19
28	19
29	19
30	19
31	19

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:59 AM to 7:52 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 6:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52
Sunset (PM)	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:59	5:36
2	9.6	7:59	5:37
3	9.6	7:59	5:38
4	9.7	7:59	5:39
5	9.7	8:00	5:39
6	9.7	8:00	5:40
7	9.7	8:00	5:41
8	9.7	8:00	5:42
9	9.7	8:00	5:43
10	9.7	8:00	5:43
11	9.7	8:00	5:44
12	9.8	7:59	5:45
13	9.8	7:59	5:46
14	9.8	7:59	5:47
15	9.8	7:59	5:48
16	9.8	7:59	5:49
17	9.9	7:59	5:50
18	9.9	7:58	5:51
19	9.9	7:58	5:52
20	9.9	7:58	5:53
21	9.9	7:57	5:54
22	10.0	7:57	5:54
23	10.0	7:56	5:55
24	10.0	7:56	5:56
25	10.0	7:56	5:57
26	10.1	7:55	5:58
27	10.1	7:54	5:59
28	10.1	7:54	6:00
29	10.1	7:53	6:02
30	10.2	7:53	6:03
31	10.2	7:52	6:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.65 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.7	Moderate
5	2.7	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ain el Hadjel

In seasonPeak

None of Ain el Hadjel's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ain el Hadjel sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ain el Hadjel?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ain el Hadjel for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ain el Hadjel in January

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

In January, Ain el Hadjel sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ain el Hadjel in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ain el Hadjel peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	7	7	8	9	10	9	8	5	4	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Ain el Hadjel 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 Ain el Hadjel is worst in September — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	33	33	36	35	34	34	38	37	39	36	31	34
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	33	Moderate
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	35	Moderate
May	34	Moderate
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	38	Poor
Aug	37	Poor
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	36	Poor
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ain el Hadjel?

Ain el Hadjel sits at 35.7°N, 3.9°E, 544 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Sidi Aïssa, 26 km away.

Topography around Ain el Hadjel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ain el Hadjel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 559 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,519 m.

The land around Ain el Hadjel is covered by bare terrain (50%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (50%), grassland (26%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), bare terrain (27%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

bare terrain 50%

16 km

232 m

bare terrain 50%

80 km

1,519 m

grassland 43%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Ain el Hadjel year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Sidi Aïssa 26 km · Melouza 44 km · Chellalat el Adhaouara 52 km · Sour el Ghozlane 56 km · Bou Saâda 58 km · M'Sila 59 km · Birine 59 km · Mansourah 69 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,051; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 69%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 468
Religion

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 Ain el Hadjel (35.67°, 3.8815°, elevation 544 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	14
9	14
10	15
11	15
12	16
13	16
14	17
15	17
16	18
17	18
18	18
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	19
24	19
25	19
26	19
27	19
28	19
29	19
30	19
31	19

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	14
9	14
10	15
11	15
12	16
13	16
14	17
15	17
16	18
17	18
18	18
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	19
24	19
25	19
26	19
27	19
28	19
29	19
30	19
31	19

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	13	4
19	13	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4
29	13	4
30	13	4
31	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	14
9	14
10	15
11	15
12	16
13	16
14	17
15	17
16	18
17	18
18	18
19	19
20	19
21	19
22	19
23	19
24	19
25	19
26	19
27	19
28	19
29	19
30	19
31	19

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100