Barentu weather in January

In January, Barentu sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Barentu's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barentu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:03 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 17%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Barentu is city in Eritrea.

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

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Barentu reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	16
2	33	16
3	33	16
4	33	16
5	33	16
6	33	16
7	33	16
8	33	16
9	33	16
10	33	16
11	33	16
12	33	16
13	33	16
14	33	16
15	33	16
16	33	16
17	33	16
18	33	16
19	33	16
20	33	16
21	33	16
22	33	16
23	33	16
24	33	16
25	33	16
26	34	16
27	34	16
28	34	16
29	34	16
30	34	16
31	34	16

How January really feels in Barentu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Barentu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 16°	0	0.1	11.2	4.7
Feb	35° / 17°	0	0.1	11.5	3.5
Mar	37° / 20°	1	0.2	11.9	2.1
Apr	38° / 23°	3	1.2	12.3	1.0
May	38° / 24°	16	4.1	12.7	1.3
Jun	35° / 23°	36	9.9	12.9	2.3
Jul	31° / 21°	127	19.9	12.8	3.4
Aug	29° / 20°	172	24.2	12.5	3.7
Sep	32° / 20°	53	11.4	12.1	4.2
Oct	34° / 20°	7	1.6	11.7	3.7
Nov	34° / 19°	2	0.4	11.3	3.9
Dec	33° / 17°	0	0	11.1	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% 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 10%.

	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 (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	91	91
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Barentu gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 0% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
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 90% 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 (%)	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92
Comfortable (%)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:23 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)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:59	6:06
2	11.1	7:00	6:07
3	11.1	7:00	6:07
4	11.1	7:00	6:08
5	11.1	7:01	6:09
6	11.1	7:01	6:09
7	11.1	7:01	6:10
8	11.1	7:01	6:10
9	11.2	7:02	6:11
10	11.2	7:02	6:11
11	11.2	7:02	6:12
12	11.2	7:02	6:13
13	11.2	7:03	6:13
14	11.2	7:03	6:14
15	11.2	7:03	6:14
16	11.2	7:03	6:15
17	11.2	7:03	6:15
18	11.2	7:03	6:16
19	11.2	7:03	6:16
20	11.2	7:04	6:17
21	11.2	7:04	6:18
22	11.2	7:04	6:18
23	11.2	7:04	6:19
24	11.3	7:04	6:19
25	11.3	7:04	6:20
26	11.3	7:04	6:20
27	11.3	7:04	6:21
28	11.3	7:04	6:21
29	11.3	7:03	6:22
30	11.3	7:03	6:22
31	11.3	7:03	6:23

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.18 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Barentu

In seasonPeak

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

Barentu sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Barentu?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Barentu for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Barentu in January

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

In January, Barentu sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Barentu in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barentu peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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)	10	12	13	14	12	11	9	10	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Barentu 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 Barentu is worst in March — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 11 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)	15	17	22	20	19	21	22	20	16	14	11	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Barentu?

Barentu sits at 15.1°N, 37.6°E, 1,009 m above sea level, in Eritrea. The nearest listed city is Sheraro, 87 km away.

Topography around Barentu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barentu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 1,006 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 595 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,446 m.

The land around Barentu is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (72%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

grassland 73%

16 km

595 m

grassland 72%

80 km

1,446 m

grassland 60%

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

January weather nearby: Sheraro 87 km · Abala 116 km · Keren 119 km · Kassala 133 km · Mendefera 134 km · Inda Silasē 134 km · Adebaye 134 km · Himora 138 km

Eritrea travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2021
GDP per capita: $689; 2011
Homicide rate: 15.6; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 37.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank

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 Barentu (15.1058°, 37.5907°, elevation 1,009 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	33	16
2	33	16
3	33	16
4	33	16
5	33	16
6	33	16
7	33	16
8	33	16
9	33	16
10	33	16
11	33	16
12	33	16
13	33	16
14	33	16
15	33	16
16	33	16
17	33	16
18	33	16
19	33	16
20	33	16
21	33	16
22	33	16
23	33	16
24	33	16
25	33	16
26	34	16
27	34	16
28	34	16
29	34	16
30	34	16
31	34	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	16
2	33	16
3	33	16
4	33	16
5	33	16
6	33	16
7	33	16
8	33	16
9	33	16
10	33	16
11	33	16
12	33	16
13	33	16
14	33	16
15	33	16
16	33	16
17	33	16
18	33	16
19	33	16
20	33	16
21	33	16
22	33	16
23	33	16
24	33	16
25	33	16
26	34	16
27	34	16
28	34	16
29	34	16
30	34	16
31	34	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	16
2	33	16
3	33	16
4	33	16
5	33	16
6	33	16
7	33	16
8	33	16
9	33	16
10	33	16
11	33	16
12	33	16
13	33	16
14	33	16
15	33	16
16	33	16
17	33	16
18	33	16
19	33	16
20	33	16
21	33	16
22	33	16
23	33	16
24	33	16
25	33	16
26	34	16
27	34	16
28	34	16
29	34	16
30	34	16
31	34	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8