Abu Simbel weather in January

In January, Abu Simbel sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Abu Simbel's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abu Simbel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:40 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 11th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.3; out of 10

Abu Simbel is village in Egypt.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Abu Simbel reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°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)	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

How January really feels in Abu Simbel

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.

Abu Simbel weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 12°	0	10.8	9.3
Feb	25° / 13°	0.1	11.2	9.3
Mar	30° / 16°	0	11.8	7.2
Apr	35° / 21°	0	12.5	3.6
May	39° / 25°	0	13.1	0.9
Jun	40° / 27°	0	13.3	0.0
Jul	40° / 27°	0	13.2	0.0
Aug	41° / 28°	0.1	12.8	0.0
Sep	39° / 26°	0	12.1	0.8
Oct	35° / 23°	0.1	11.5	3.3
Nov	29° / 17°	0	10.9	7.8
Dec	24° / 13°	0	10.7	9.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% 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 13%.

	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 (%)	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Abu Simbel gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 99% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:36 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)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38
Sunset (PM)	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	6:37	5:16
2	10.7	6:37	5:17
3	10.7	6:38	5:18
4	10.7	6:38	5:18
5	10.7	6:38	5:19
6	10.7	6:38	5:19
7	10.7	6:39	5:20
8	10.7	6:39	5:21
9	10.7	6:39	5:21
10	10.7	6:39	5:22
11	10.7	6:39	5:23
12	10.7	6:39	5:23
13	10.7	6:40	5:24
14	10.7	6:40	5:25
15	10.8	6:40	5:25
16	10.8	6:40	5:26
17	10.8	6:40	5:27
18	10.8	6:40	5:27
19	10.8	6:40	5:28
20	10.8	6:40	5:29
21	10.8	6:40	5:29
22	10.8	6:40	5:30
23	10.9	6:39	5:31
24	10.9	6:39	5:31
25	10.9	6:39	5:32
26	10.9	6:39	5:33
27	10.9	6:39	5:33
28	10.9	6:39	5:34
29	10.9	6:38	5:35
30	11.0	6:38	5:35
31	11.0	6:38	5:36

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 5.04 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Abu Simbel

In seasonPeak

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

Abu Simbel sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Abu Simbel?

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

9.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Abu Simbel for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Abu Simbel in January

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

In January, Abu Simbel sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Abu Simbel in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abu Simbel peaks around August 11 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	9	8	7	5
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	7	High
Dec	5	High

Air quality in Abu Simbel 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 Abu Simbel is worst in June — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), 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)	43	45	55	53	53	57	39	45	54	52	37	38
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	55	Unhealthy
Apr	53	Poor
May	53	Poor
Jun	57	Unhealthy
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Abu Simbel?

Abu Simbel sits at 22.3°N, 31.6°E, 0 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Aswan, 234 km away.

Topography around Abu Simbel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abu Simbel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 182 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m.

The land around Abu Simbel is covered by water (47%) and bare terrain (43%) within 3 km, bare terrain (57%) and water (40%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

48 m

water 47%

16 km

121 m

bare terrain 57%

80 km

410 m

bare terrain 86%

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← December Abu Simbel year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Aswan 234 km · Darāw 265 km · Kom Ombo 273 km · Ar Radīsīyah Qiblī 313 km · Edfu 320 km · Al Başalīyah Baḩrī 331 km · As Sibā‘īyah 335 km · Al-Khārijah 341 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 15% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,086; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 79%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2017
Road deaths: 10.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 459
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 Abu Simbel (22.3457°, 31.6162°, elevation 0 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	23	12
2	23	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	23	11
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	24	12
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0