Aţ Ţārif weather in January

In January, Aţ Ţārif sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°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 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Aţ Ţārif's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aţ Ţārif's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:42 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover
20%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

Aţ Ţārif is village and archaeological site in Egypt.

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 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Aţ Ţārif reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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31229

How January really feels in Aţ Ţārif

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.

Aţ Ţārif weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 10.210.68.9
Feb24° / 10°00.111.19.3
Mar28° / 13°00.111.88.2
Apr33° / 18°0012.64.6
May37° / 22°0013.21.9
Jun39° / 24°0013.60.4
Jul40° / 26°0013.40.2
Aug40° / 26°0012.90.3
Sep38° / 23°0012.21.5
Oct34° / 20°0011.44.0
Nov28° / 15°10.110.78.1
Dec23° / 10°10.110.49.2

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 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28515
38515
48614
58614
68614
78713
88713
98713
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318713

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Aţ Ţārif gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
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18991
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311000

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
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219calm
229calm
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259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 5:05 PM to 5:27 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.46:405:05
210.46:405:06
310.46:415:06
410.46:415:07
510.46:415:08
610.56:415:08
710.56:415:09
810.56:425:10
910.56:425:10
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2010.66:425:18
2110.66:425:19
2210.66:415:20
2310.76:415:21
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2610.76:415:23
2710.76:405:24
2810.76:405:24
2910.86:405:25
3010.86:395:26
3110.86:395:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
24.4Bright
34.4Bright
44.4Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.5Bright
84.5Bright
94.5Bright
104.5Bright
114.5Bright
124.6Bright
134.6Bright
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274.9Bright
285.0Bright
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315.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Aţ Ţārif

In seasonPeak

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

Aţ Ţārif sees seasonal dust haze (April–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 Aţ Ţārif?

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

8.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Aţ Ţārif for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Aţ Ţārif in January

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

In January, Aţ Ţārif sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Aţ Ţārif 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 Aţ Ţārif peaks around August 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 16UV 12Dec 22UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7High
Mar10Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Aţ Ţārif 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 Aţ Ţārif is worst in January — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorJan 1946 µg/m³Jul 2135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar46Poor
Apr44Poor
May43Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul35Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep38Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov36Poor
Dec40Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Aţ Ţārif?

Aţ Ţārif sits at 25.7°N, 32.6°E, 88 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Az Zaynīyah Qiblī, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Aţ Ţārif

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aţ Ţārif has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m around an average of 94 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 445 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 753 m.

The land around Aţ Ţārif is covered by bare terrain (31%), cropland (22%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (57%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
181 m
16 km
445 m
80 km
753 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Az Zaynīyah Qiblī 4.0 km · Luxor 4.0 km · Al Bayāḑīyah 8.0 km · Armant 16 km · Jarājūs 19 km · Naqādah 20 km · Ţūd 20 km · Qūş 23 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 Aţ Ţārif (25.7383°, 32.6368°, elevation 88 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).