Al-Khārijah weather in January

In January, Al-Khārijah sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Al-Khārijah's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al-Khārijah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 6:49 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover: 20%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Al-Khārijah reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How January really feels in Al-Khārijah

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.

Al-Khārijah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 8°	0	0.1	10.6	8.8
Feb	24° / 10°	0	0.1	11.1	9.3
Mar	28° / 13°	1	0.1	11.8	8.3
Apr	33° / 18°	0	0	12.6	4.7
May	37° / 23°	0	0	13.2	1.9
Jun	39° / 25°	0	0	13.5	0.5
Jul	40° / 26°	0	0	13.4	0.2
Aug	40° / 26°	0	0	12.9	0.3
Sep	37° / 24°	0	0	12.2	1.9
Oct	34° / 20°	0	0	11.4	4.5
Nov	27° / 14°	0	0	10.8	8.5
Dec	22° / 9°	0	0	10.5	9.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% 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 (%)	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87
Cloudier (%)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al-Khārijah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 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 12 km/h in January, the calmest month.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 5:15 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47
Sunset (PM)	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:47	5:15
2	10.5	6:48	5:15
3	10.5	6:48	5:16
4	10.5	6:48	5:16
5	10.5	6:48	5:17
6	10.5	6:49	5:18
7	10.5	6:49	5:18
8	10.5	6:49	5:19
9	10.5	6:49	5:20
10	10.5	6:49	5:20
11	10.5	6:49	5:21
12	10.5	6:49	5:22
13	10.6	6:49	5:23
14	10.6	6:49	5:23
15	10.6	6:49	5:24
16	10.6	6:49	5:25
17	10.6	6:49	5:25
18	10.6	6:49	5:26
19	10.6	6:49	5:27
20	10.6	6:49	5:28
21	10.7	6:49	5:28
22	10.7	6:49	5:29
23	10.7	6:49	5:30
24	10.7	6:49	5:31
25	10.7	6:48	5:31
26	10.7	6:48	5:32
27	10.7	6:48	5:33
28	10.8	6:48	5:33
29	10.8	6:47	5:34
30	10.8	6:47	5:35
31	10.8	6:47	5:36

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 8.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.76 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al-Khārijah

In seasonPeak

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

Al-Khārijah sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Al-Khārijah?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Al-Khārijah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Al-Khārijah in January

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

In January, Al-Khārijah sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Al-Khārijah in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al-Khārijah peaks around August 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 5 (moderate).

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)	5	7	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	8	6	5
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Al-Khārijah 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 Al-Khārijah is worst in June — around 83 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)	61	65	79	79	82	83	61	67	80	79	58	58
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	61	Unhealthy
Feb	65	Unhealthy
Mar	79	Unhealthy
Apr	79	Unhealthy
May	82	Unhealthy
Jun	83	Unhealthy
Jul	61	Unhealthy
Aug	67	Unhealthy
Sep	80	Unhealthy
Oct	79	Unhealthy
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	58	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Al-Khārijah?

Al-Khārijah sits at 25.3°N, 30.6°E, 80 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Khārjah, 22 km away.

Topography around Al-Khārijah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al-Khārijah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 35 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 587 m.

The land around Al-Khārijah is covered by bare terrain (59%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, bare terrain (91%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

bare terrain 59%

16 km

163 m

bare terrain 91%

80 km

587 m

bare terrain 99%

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← December Al-Khārijah year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Al Khārjah 22 km · Mūţ 160 km · Girga 181 km · Al Balyanā 182 km · Abū Ţisht 183 km · Juhaynah 184 km · Farshūţ 185 km · Sohag 185 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 Al-Khārijah (25.25°, 30.55°, elevation 80 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	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	21	8
8	21	7
9	21	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	7
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	22	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	22	8
31	22	8

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

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

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

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

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

	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 (%)
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