Kom Ombo weather in January

In January, Kom Ombo sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kom Ombo's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kom Ombo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
11°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:38 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover
19%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.3
out of 10

Kom Ombo is city.

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 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kom Ombo reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 28°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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How January really feels in Kom Ombo

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.

Kom Ombo 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
Jan23° / 11°10.310.79.3
Feb26° / 13°0011.19.2
Mar30° / 16°00.111.87.0
Apr35° / 20°0012.63.5
May39° / 25°00.113.20.9
Jun41° / 27°0013.50.0
Jul41° / 28°0013.40.0
Aug41° / 29°0012.90.0
Sep39° / 27°0012.20.5
Oct36° / 23°00.111.42.8
Nov30° / 18°00.210.87.0
Dec25° / 13°0010.59.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% 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 12%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28515
38614
48614
58614
68614
78713
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kom Ombo gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91
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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 (%)Humid (%)
19811
29811
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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
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
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811calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 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 6:36 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:07 PM to 5:27 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.56:365:07
210.56:365:07
310.56:375:08
410.56:375:08
510.56:375:09
610.56:375:10
710.56:385:10
810.66:385:11
910.66:385:12
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1810.76:385:18
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2010.76:385:19
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2510.86:375:23
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2710.86:375:24
2810.86:375:25
2910.86:365:26
3010.86:365:27
3110.96:365:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
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44.5Bright
54.6Bright
64.6Bright
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104.7Bright
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275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kom Ombo

In seasonPeak

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

Kom Ombo sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

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

Is January a good time to visit Kom Ombo?

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

9.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Kom Ombo for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kom Ombo in January

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

In January, Kom Ombo sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kom Ombo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kom Ombo peaks around August 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 11Dec 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Kom Ombo 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 Kom Ombo is worst in March — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 2147 µg/m³Nov 1834 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar48Poor
Apr46Poor
May46Poor
Jun46Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov33Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kom Ombo?

Kom Ombo sits at 24.5°N, 32.9°E, 108 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Darāw, 8.0 km away.

Al Başalīyah BaḩrīAs Sibā‘īyahEsnaŢūd

Topography around Kom Ombo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kom Ombo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 483 m.

The land around Kom Ombo is covered by cropland (55%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, bare terrain (40%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
123 m
80 km
483 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Darāw 8.0 km · Aswan 43 km · Ar Radīsīyah Qiblī 48 km · Edfu 56 km · Al Başalīyah Baḩrī 78 km · As Sibā‘īyah 84 km · Esna 99 km · Ţūd 130 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 Kom Ombo (24.4767°, 32.9463°, elevation 108 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).