Badr weather in January

In January, Badr sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 53% 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 Badr's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Badr's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 1.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:00 AM – 5:13 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

← December Badr 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 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Badr reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

How January really feels in Badr

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.

Badr 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	20° / 10°	4	1.2	10.2	7.8
Feb	21° / 10°	5	1.3	10.9	8.2
Mar	24° / 12°	4	0.9	11.8	8.9
Apr	28° / 15°	1	0.2	12.7	7.9
May	32° / 18°	1	0.2	13.5	5.4
Jun	35° / 21°	0	0	13.9	3.8
Jul	35° / 23°	0	0	13.8	3.3
Aug	35° / 23°	0	0	13.1	3.3
Sep	34° / 22°	0	0	12.2	4.3
Oct	31° / 19°	1	0.2	11.2	6.3
Nov	26° / 15°	3	0.6	10.5	8.6
Dec	21° / 11°	3	0.7	10.1	8.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 26%.

	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 (%)	75	75	75	74	74	74	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	73	74	73	73	74	73	73	73	75	75	75	75	74	75	75	75	74	75
Cloudier (%)	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	27	25	25	25	25	26	25	25	25	26	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	74	26
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Badr gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.2 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 4% and peaks near 5% 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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 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	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
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 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 6:59 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:26 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	10.1	10.1	10.1	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	6:59	5:02
2	10.1	6:59	5:03
3	10.1	6:59	5:03
4	10.1	6:59	5:04
5	10.1	7:00	5:05
6	10.1	7:00	5:05
7	10.1	7:00	5:06
8	10.1	7:00	5:07
9	10.1	7:00	5:08
10	10.1	7:00	5:08
11	10.2	7:00	5:09
12	10.2	7:00	5:10
13	10.2	7:00	5:11
14	10.2	7:00	5:12
15	10.2	7:00	5:12
16	10.2	7:00	5:13
17	10.2	7:00	5:14
18	10.3	6:59	5:15
19	10.3	6:59	5:16
20	10.3	6:59	5:16
21	10.3	6:59	5:17
22	10.3	6:59	5:18
23	10.3	6:58	5:19
24	10.4	6:58	5:20
25	10.4	6:58	5:21
26	10.4	6:57	5:22
27	10.4	6:57	5:22
28	10.4	6:56	5:23
29	10.5	6:56	5:24
30	10.5	6:56	5:25
31	10.5	6:55	5:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.47 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)	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Badr

In seasonPeak

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

Badr sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Badr?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Badr in January

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

In January, Badr sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Badr 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 Badr peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (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)	3	4	7	8	10	11	10	11	9	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Badr 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 Badr is worst in January — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (July, 32 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)	89	82	70	56	48	37	32	35	40	52	79	86
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	89	Unhealthy
Feb	82	Unhealthy
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	56	Unhealthy
May	48	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	35	Moderate
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	79	Unhealthy
Dec	86	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Badr?

Badr sits at 30.6°N, 30.7°E, 21 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Ash Shuhadā’, 18 km away.

Topography around Badr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Badr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m.

The land around Badr is covered by cropland (55%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

25 m

cropland 55%

16 km

38 m

cropland 68%

80 km

288 m

cropland 60%

treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Ash Shuhadā’ 18 km · Kawm Ḩamādah 21 km · Munūf 24 km · Talā 25 km · Shibīn al Kawm 29 km · Sirs al Layyānah 29 km · Kafr az Zayyāt 30 km · Madīnat as Sādāt 30 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 Badr (30.575°, 30.7111°, elevation 21 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	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	20	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	74	26
31	75	25

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	74	26
31	75	25

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	74	26
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
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