Himora weather in January

In January, Himora sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 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 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Himora's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Himora's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 36°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:06 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

← December Himora 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 36°C through the month.

A typical January day in Himora reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 39°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)	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	20
2	36	20
3	36	20
4	36	20
5	36	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	19
9	35	19
10	35	19
11	35	19
12	35	19
13	35	19
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	36	19
18	36	19
19	36	19
20	36	19
21	36	19
22	36	19
23	36	20
24	36	20
25	36	20
26	36	20
27	36	20
28	36	20
29	37	20
30	37	20
31	37	20

How January really feels in Himora

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.

Himora 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	36° / 20°	0	0	11.2	2.9
Feb	38° / 21°	0	0	11.5	1.6
Mar	40° / 23°	0	0.1	11.9	0.2
Apr	41° / 26°	3	1.2	12.3	0.0
May	40° / 27°	23	5.5	12.7	0.1
Jun	38° / 25°	51	10.9	12.8	1.2
Jul	33° / 23°	138	20	12.8	2.6
Aug	31° / 22°	175	23.2	12.5	3.1
Sep	33° / 23°	68	12.9	12.1	3.1
Oct	37° / 24°	17	4.1	11.7	2.1
Nov	38° / 23°	2	0.5	11.3	1.7
Dec	36° / 21°	0	0	11.2	2.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%.

	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	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
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	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Himora gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 94% 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 (%)	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96
Comfortable (%)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	96	4
31	96	4

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
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	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
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31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 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 7:02 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:28 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)	11.2	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	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:02	6:12
2	11.2	7:02	6:12
3	11.2	7:02	6:13
4	11.2	7:03	6:13
5	11.2	7:03	6:14
6	11.2	7:03	6:14
7	11.2	7:04	6:15
8	11.2	7:04	6:16
9	11.2	7:04	6:16
10	11.2	7:04	6:17
11	11.2	7:05	6:17
12	11.2	7:05	6:18
13	11.2	7:05	6:18
14	11.2	7:05	6:19
15	11.2	7:06	6:19
16	11.2	7:06	6:20
17	11.2	7:06	6:21
18	11.3	7:06	6:21
19	11.3	7:06	6:22
20	11.3	7:06	6:22
21	11.3	7:06	6:23
22	11.3	7:06	6:23
23	11.3	7:06	6:24
24	11.3	7:06	6:24
25	11.3	7:06	6:25
26	11.3	7:06	6:25
27	11.3	7:06	6:26
28	11.3	7:06	6:26
29	11.3	7:06	6:27
30	11.4	7:06	6:27
31	11.4	7:06	6:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.84 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	5.8	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	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	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	6.0	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Himora

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Is January a good time to visit Himora?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Himora. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Himora in January

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

In January, Himora sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Himora 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 Himora peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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	13	12	11	8	11	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Himora 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 Himora is worst in April — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 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)	17	20	24	25	18	21	22	20	19	16	14	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Himora?

Himora sits at 14.3°N, 36.6°E, 585 m above sea level, in Eritrea. The nearest listed city is Adebaye, 20 km away.

Topography around Himora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Himora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 591 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,299 m.

The land around Himora is covered by grassland (67%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

124 m

grassland 67%

16 km

190 m

grassland 50%

80 km

1,299 m

grassland 46%

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

January weather nearby: Adebaye 20 km · May Cadera 26 km · Abala 43 km · Ābderafī 66 km · Al-Fashaqah 80 km · Khashm al Qirbah 105 km · Doka 126 km · Kassala 129 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 Himora (14.3043°, 36.606°, elevation 585 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	36	20
2	36	20
3	36	20
4	36	20
5	36	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	19
9	35	19
10	35	19
11	35	19
12	35	19
13	35	19
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	36	19
18	36	19
19	36	19
20	36	19
21	36	19
22	36	19
23	36	20
24	36	20
25	36	20
26	36	20
27	36	20
28	36	20
29	37	20
30	37	20
31	37	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
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	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

	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	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	20
2	36	20
3	36	20
4	36	20
5	36	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	19
9	35	19
10	35	19
11	35	19
12	35	19
13	35	19
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	36	19
18	36	19
19	36	19
20	36	19
21	36	19
22	36	19
23	36	20
24	36	20
25	36	20
26	36	20
27	36	20
28	36	20
29	37	20
30	37	20
31	37	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
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	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

	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	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	20
2	36	20
3	36	20
4	36	20
5	36	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	19
9	35	19
10	35	19
11	35	19
12	35	19
13	35	19
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	36	19
18	36	19
19	36	19
20	36	19
21	36	19
22	36	19
23	36	20
24	36	20
25	36	20
26	36	20
27	36	20
28	36	20
29	37	20
30	37	20
31	37	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
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	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

	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	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	96	4
31	96	4