Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah weather in January

In January, Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:56 AM – 5:11 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 12th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

← December Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah 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 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How January really feels in Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah

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 Qāhirah al Jadīdah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 9°	5	1.6	10.3	7.5
Feb	20° / 9°	5	1.5	10.9	7.9
Mar	23° / 12°	5	0.9	11.8	8.9
Apr	27° / 14°	1	0.2	12.7	8.4
May	31° / 18°	1	0.3	13.5	6.0
Jun	34° / 20°	0	0	13.9	4.4
Jul	35° / 22°	0	0	13.7	3.8
Aug	34° / 23°	0	0	13.1	4.0
Sep	33° / 21°	0	0	12.2	5.2
Oct	29° / 18°	1	0.2	11.3	7.4
Nov	24° / 14°	2	0.7	10.5	8.9
Dec	20° / 10°	2	0.7	10.1	8.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

	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 (%)	79	80	79	79	79	79	78	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	77	77	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	77	77	77
Cloudier (%)	21	20	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 6% 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 (%)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

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

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 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
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	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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	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	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	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 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 5:00 PM to 5:24 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)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51
Sunset (PM)	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	6:54	5:00
2	10.1	6:55	5:01
3	10.1	6:55	5:02
4	10.1	6:55	5:02
5	10.1	6:55	5:03
6	10.1	6:55	5:04
7	10.1	6:56	5:04
8	10.2	6:56	5:05
9	10.2	6:56	5:06
10	10.2	6:56	5:07
11	10.2	6:56	5:07
12	10.2	6:56	5:08
13	10.2	6:56	5:09
14	10.2	6:56	5:10
15	10.2	6:56	5:11
16	10.3	6:56	5:11
17	10.3	6:56	5:12
18	10.3	6:55	5:13
19	10.3	6:55	5:14
20	10.3	6:55	5:15
21	10.3	6:55	5:16
22	10.4	6:55	5:16
23	10.4	6:54	5:17
24	10.4	6:54	5:18
25	10.4	6:54	5:19
26	10.4	6:53	5:20
27	10.5	6:53	5:21
28	10.5	6:52	5:21
29	10.5	6:52	5:22
30	10.5	6:52	5:23
31	10.5	6:51	5:24

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.42 kWh/m² to a high of 8.11 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.71 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah

In seasonPeak

None of Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah'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 Qāhirah al Jadīdah sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah in January

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

In January, Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — 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 Qāhirah al Jadīdah peaks around June 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 4 (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)	4	4	8	8	11	12	11	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah 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 Qāhirah al Jadīdah is worst in January — around 134 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (July, 44 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	134	124	100	79	67	52	44	48	56	76	119	131
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	134	Unhealthy
Feb	124	Unhealthy
Mar	100	Unhealthy
Apr	79	Unhealthy
May	67	Unhealthy
Jun	52	Poor
Jul	44	Poor
Aug	48	Poor
Sep	56	Unhealthy
Oct	76	Unhealthy
Nov	119	Unhealthy
Dec	131	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah?

Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah sits at 30.0°N, 31.4°E, 229 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is New Cairo, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 453 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 911 m.

The land around Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah is covered by artificial surfaces (82%) within 3 km, bare terrain (57%) and artificial surfaces (41%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (59%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

133 m

artificial surfaces 82%

16 km

453 m

bare terrain 57%

80 km

911 m

bare terrain 59%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: New Cairo 3.0 km · Madīnat an Naşr 14 km · Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah 16 km · Al Khuşūş 18 km · Cairo 19 km · El Shorouk 20 km · Al Khānkah 20 km · Būlāq Abū al ‘Ilā 21 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 Qāhirah al Jadīdah (30.0421°, 31.4445°, elevation 229 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	18	9
2	18	9
3	18	9
4	18	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	9
29	18	9
30	18	9
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

	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