Banī ‘Ubayd weather in January

In January, Banī ‘Ubayd sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 10.4 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 69% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Banī ‘Ubayd's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Banī ‘Ubayd's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:54 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; 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 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Banī ‘Ubayd reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°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 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How January really feels in Banī ‘Ubayd

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.

Banī ‘Ubayd 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° / 8°	1	0.2	10.4	8.3
Feb	22° / 10°	1	0.2	11	8.8
Mar	25° / 13°	1	0.2	11.8	9.2
Apr	30° / 16°	0	0	12.6	6.7
May	34° / 21°	0	0	13.4	3.9
Jun	37° / 23°	0	0	13.7	2.5
Jul	37° / 25°	0	0	13.6	2.0
Aug	37° / 25°	0	0	13	2.1
Sep	35° / 23°	0	0	12.2	3.5
Oct	32° / 20°	0	0	11.3	5.9
Nov	26° / 15°	1	0.1	10.6	8.9
Dec	21° / 10°	1	0.2	10.3	8.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

	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 (%)	80	81	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	82	82	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84
Cloudier (%)	20	19	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Banī ‘Ubayd gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 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 6:52 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:30 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50
Sunset (PM)	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:52	5:08
2	10.3	6:53	5:08
3	10.3	6:53	5:09
4	10.3	6:53	5:10
5	10.3	6:53	5:10
6	10.3	6:53	5:11
7	10.3	6:54	5:12
8	10.3	6:54	5:12
9	10.3	6:54	5:13
10	10.3	6:54	5:14
11	10.3	6:54	5:15
12	10.4	6:54	5:15
13	10.4	6:54	5:16
14	10.4	6:54	5:17
15	10.4	6:54	5:18
16	10.4	6:54	5:18
17	10.4	6:54	5:19
18	10.4	6:54	5:20
19	10.5	6:54	5:21
20	10.5	6:53	5:22
21	10.5	6:53	5:22
22	10.5	6:53	5:23
23	10.5	6:53	5:24
24	10.5	6:53	5:25
25	10.6	6:52	5:25
26	10.6	6:52	5:26
27	10.6	6:52	5:27
28	10.6	6:51	5:28
29	10.6	6:51	5:29
30	10.6	6:51	5:29
31	10.7	6:50	5:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 8.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.21 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)	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.9	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Banī ‘Ubayd

In seasonPeak

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

Banī ‘Ubayd sees seasonal dust haze (March–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Banī ‘Ubayd?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Banī ‘Ubayd for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Banī ‘Ubayd in January

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

In January, Banī ‘Ubayd sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Banī ‘Ubayd 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 Banī ‘Ubayd peaks around July 15 at about 10 (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	5	7	8	10	10	11	10	8	6	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Banī ‘Ubayd 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 Banī ‘Ubayd is worst in January — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 35 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)	80	73	67	57	51	42	35	36	40	47	59	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	80	Unhealthy
Feb	73	Unhealthy
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	51	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Banī ‘Ubayd?

Banī ‘Ubayd sits at 28.0°N, 30.8°E, 48 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Abū Qurqāş, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Banī ‘Ubayd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Banī ‘Ubayd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m.

The land around Banī ‘Ubayd is covered by cropland (90%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and bare terrain (32%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

8 m

cropland 90%

16 km

179 m

cropland 51%

80 km

401 m

bare terrain 81%

treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Banī ‘Ubayd year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Abū Qurqāş 6.0 km · Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah 15 km · Minya 16 km · Mallawī 25 km · Dayr Mawās 35 km · Samālūţ 41 km · Dayrūţ 44 km · Maţāy 52 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 Banī ‘Ubayd (27.9524°, 30.7808°, elevation 48 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	9
2	20	9
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	8
6	20	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	20	8
25	20	8
26	20	8
27	20	8
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

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

	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