El-Tor weather in January

In January, El-Tor sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
19°
12th warmest
Overnight low
15°
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
10 h 24 min
6:43 AM – 5:06 PM
Cloud cover
22%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

El-Tor is town 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 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in El-Tor reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in El-Tor

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.

El-Tor 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
Jan19° / 15°40.810.48.2
Feb20° / 16°20.6118.5
Mar23° / 17°30.311.89.2
Apr26° / 20°0012.79.1
May29° / 23°0013.47.4
Jun31° / 25°0013.86.1
Jul33° / 27°0013.65.3
Aug33° / 27°00135.1
Sep31° / 26°0012.26.2
Oct29° / 24°00.111.37.9
Nov25° / 20°10.210.69.3
Dec21° / 17°20.410.28.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%.

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

Any precipitation

El-Tor gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 3% 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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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29640
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Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 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 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 4:56 PM to 5:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.94 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.25 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
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314.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for El-Tor

In seasonPeak

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

El-Tor sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit El-Tor?

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

8.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit El-Tor for general sightseeing.

What to pack for El-Tor in January

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

In January, El-Tor sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 15°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

Sea temperature near El-Tor in January

The nearest coast averages about 22°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 21°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°22°24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan22Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar21Refreshing
Apr22Refreshing
May24Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov25Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in El-Tor 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 El-Tor peaks around August 14 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in El-Tor 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 El-Tor is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 18 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1531 µg/m³Nov 2118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is El-Tor?

El-Tor sits at 28.2°N, 33.6°E, 14 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Ras Gharib, 55 km away.

Sharm El SheikhDahabHurghadaZaafaranaSafagaḨaqlAl ‘Ayn as Sukhnah

Topography around El-Tor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El-Tor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,607 m.

The land around El-Tor is covered by bare terrain (55%), water (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) and water (41%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (73%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
366 m
80 km
2,607 m
shrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Ras Gharib 55 km · Sharm El Sheikh 78 km · Dahab 89 km · Hurghada 111 km · Zaafarana 135 km · Safaga 169 km · Ḩaql 174 km · Al ‘Ayn as Sukhnah 195 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 El-Tor (28.2417°, 33.6222°, elevation 14 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).