Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah weather in January

In January, Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 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 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Qanāţir al Khayrīyah's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
10 h 18 min
6:57 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover
39%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
3.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah is human settlement in Egypt.

Founded
1850

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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 Qanāţir al Khayrīyah 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 4110.38.0
Feb21° / 10°4110.98.3
Mar24° / 12°40.711.89.0
Apr28° / 15°10.212.77.8
May32° / 18°10.113.55.3
Jun35° / 21°0013.93.7
Jul35° / 22°0013.73.3
Aug35° / 23°0013.13.4
Sep34° / 22°0012.24.3
Oct31° / 19°10.311.36.2
Nov26° / 15°20.610.58.6
Dec22° / 11°20.610.18.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah gets around 4 mm of rain over 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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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 6:56 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 5:01 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.16:565:01
210.16:565:02
310.16:575:02
410.16:575:03
510.16:575:04
610.16:575:05
710.16:575:05
810.16:575:06
910.26:575:07
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1410.26:575:11
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1610.36:575:12
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1810.36:575:14
1910.36:575:15
2010.36:575:16
2110.36:565:16
2210.46:565:17
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2610.46:555:21
2710.56:545:22
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2910.56:545:23
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3110.56:535:25

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.3Moderate
23.3Moderate
33.3Moderate
43.3Moderate
53.3Moderate
63.3Moderate
73.3Moderate
83.4Moderate
93.4Moderate
103.4Moderate
113.4Moderate
123.4Moderate
133.4Moderate
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153.5Moderate
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273.8Moderate
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303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah

In seasonPeak

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

Dust
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Is January a good time to visit Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah in January

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

In January, Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — 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 Qanāţir al Khayrīyah peaks around June 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 17UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah 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 Qanāţir al Khayrīyah 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).

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 12133 µg/m³Jul 1945 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan134Unhealthy
Feb124Unhealthy
Mar100Unhealthy
Apr79Unhealthy
May67Unhealthy
Jun52Poor
Jul44Poor
Aug48Poor
Sep56Unhealthy
Oct76Unhealthy
Nov119Unhealthy
Dec131Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah?

Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah sits at 30.2°N, 31.1°E, 20 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Manshīyat al Qanāţir, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 670 m.

The land around Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah is covered by cropland (35%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (46%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
131 m
80 km
670 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Manshīyat al Qanāţir 3.0 km · Qalyub 7.0 km · Awsīm 8.0 km · Qahā 12 km · Shubrā al Khaymah 13 km · Būlāq Abū al ‘Ilā 17 km · Al Khuşūş 18 km · Cairo 18 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
Muslim 90%Christian 10%

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 Qanāţir al Khayrīyah (30.1933°, 31.137°, elevation 20 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).