Tanta weather in January

In January, Tanta sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 7 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tanta's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tanta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 6:59 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Tanta is city in Egypt.

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 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tanta 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 17°C and 23°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	20	20	20	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	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	10
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	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	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

How January really feels in Tanta

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.

Tanta 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 10°	7	2	10.2	7.7
Feb	21° / 10°	7	2.2	10.9	8.0
Mar	24° / 12°	5	1.3	11.8	8.8
Apr	28° / 14°	2	0.6	12.7	7.9
May	32° / 17°	1	0.1	13.5	5.5
Jun	34° / 21°	0	0	14	4.0
Jul	35° / 22°	0	0	13.8	3.7
Aug	35° / 23°	0	0	13.1	3.7
Sep	34° / 22°	0	0	12.2	4.3
Oct	31° / 19°	3	0.6	11.2	6.0
Nov	26° / 15°	4	1.1	10.4	8.4
Dec	22° / 11°	3	1.1	10	8.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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 (%)	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	72	72
Cloudier (%)	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	72	28
31	72	28

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tanta gets around 7 mm of rain over 2 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 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

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

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.

	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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	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
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
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 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
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6	11	calm
7	11	calm
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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 hours 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 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 5:00 PM to 5:24 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)	10.0	10.0	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	10.3	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)	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54
Sunset (PM)	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:04	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	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	6:58	5:00
2	10.0	6:58	5:01
3	10.1	6:58	5:02
4	10.1	6:59	5:02
5	10.1	6:59	5:03
6	10.1	6:59	5:04
7	10.1	6:59	5:04
8	10.1	6:59	5:05
9	10.1	6:59	5:06
10	10.1	6:59	5:07
11	10.1	6:59	5:08
12	10.1	6:59	5:08
13	10.2	6:59	5:09
14	10.2	6:59	5:10
15	10.2	6:59	5:11
16	10.2	6:59	5:12
17	10.2	6:59	5:12
18	10.2	6:59	5:13
19	10.3	6:59	5:14
20	10.3	6:58	5:15
21	10.3	6:58	5:16
22	10.3	6:58	5:17
23	10.3	6:58	5:17
24	10.4	6:57	5:18
25	10.4	6:57	5:19
26	10.4	6:56	5:20
27	10.4	6:56	5:21
28	10.4	6:56	5:22
29	10.5	6:55	5:23
30	10.5	6:55	5:24
31	10.5	6:54	5:24

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.04 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.33 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)	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7
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	3.1	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tanta

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Tanta?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tanta in January

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

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

UV index in Tanta 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 Tanta peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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	6	8	10	11	10	10	9	6	5	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Tanta 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 Tanta 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 Tanta?

Tanta sits at 30.8°N, 31.0°E, 18 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is As Sanţah, 13 km away.

Topography around Tanta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tanta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m.

The land around Tanta is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) and cropland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

34 m

artificial surfaces 66%

16 km

34 m

cropland 79%

80 km

246 m

cropland 72%

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

January weather nearby: As Sanţah 13 km · Talā 13 km · Kafr az Zayyāt 18 km · Birkat as Sab‘ 19 km · Quţūr 21 km · Ash Shuhadā’ 23 km · Zefta 25 km · Basyūn 25 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 Tanta (30.7885°, 31.0019°, elevation 18 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	10
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	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	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	72	28
31	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
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	10
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	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	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	72	28
31	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
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	10
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	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	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	72	28
31	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
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