Sohag weather in January

In January, Sohag sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sohag's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sohag's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:47 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Sohag is city in Egypt.

Density: 3,926/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sohag reaches about 21°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 17°C and 25°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How January really feels in Sohag

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.

Sohag 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	21° / 9°	1	0.3	10.5	8.7
Feb	23° / 10°	1	0.1	11.1	9.2
Mar	27° / 13°	1	0.1	11.8	8.7
Apr	32° / 18°	0	0	12.6	5.4
May	36° / 22°	0	0.1	13.3	2.6
Jun	38° / 25°	0	0	13.6	1.3
Jul	39° / 26°	0	0	13.5	1.0
Aug	38° / 26°	0	0	12.9	1.2
Sep	37° / 24°	0	0	12.2	2.4
Oct	33° / 20°	0	0.1	11.4	4.7
Nov	27° / 15°	1	0.1	10.7	8.4
Dec	23° / 10°	0	0	10.4	9.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

	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 (%)	84	85	85	84	85	85	85	85	86	85	85	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sohag gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
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	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	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 24 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:07 PM to 5:29 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44
Sunset (PM)	5:07	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	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	6:46	5:07
2	10.4	6:46	5:08
3	10.4	6:46	5:08
4	10.4	6:46	5:09
5	10.4	6:47	5:10
6	10.4	6:47	5:10
7	10.4	6:47	5:11
8	10.4	6:47	5:12
9	10.4	6:47	5:12
10	10.4	6:47	5:13
11	10.4	6:47	5:14
12	10.5	6:47	5:15
13	10.5	6:47	5:15
14	10.5	6:48	5:16
15	10.5	6:47	5:17
16	10.5	6:47	5:18
17	10.5	6:47	5:18
18	10.5	6:47	5:19
19	10.5	6:47	5:20
20	10.6	6:47	5:21
21	10.6	6:47	5:21
22	10.6	6:47	5:22
23	10.6	6:47	5:23
24	10.6	6:46	5:24
25	10.6	6:46	5:24
26	10.7	6:46	5:25
27	10.7	6:46	5:26
28	10.7	6:45	5:27
29	10.7	6:45	5:27
30	10.7	6:45	5:28
31	10.7	6:44	5:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.51 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)	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sohag

In seasonPeak

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

Sohag sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Sohag?

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

8.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sohag in January

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

In January, Sohag sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Sohag 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 Sohag peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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	6	8	8	8	12	10	9	9	7	6	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Sohag 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 Sohag is worst in March — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	72	71	74	70	68	65	53	56	63	62	58	63
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	72	Unhealthy
Feb	71	Unhealthy
Mar	74	Unhealthy
Apr	70	Unhealthy
May	68	Unhealthy
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	53	Poor
Aug	56	Unhealthy
Sep	63	Unhealthy
Oct	62	Unhealthy
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	63	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Sohag?

Sohag sits at 26.6°N, 31.7°E, 67 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Akhmīm, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Sohag

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sohag has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 294 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m.

The land around Sohag is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and bare terrain (34%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

31 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

294 m

cropland 44%

80 km

585 m

bare terrain 86%

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

January weather nearby: Akhmīm 5.0 km · Sāqultah 11 km · Al Minshāh 14 km · Al Marāghah 18 km · Juhaynah 24 km · Ţahţā 30 km · Girga 31 km · Ţimā 47 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 Sohag (26.557°, 31.6948°, elevation 67 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	21	9
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	9
24	21	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
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	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
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	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
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	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	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