Alamata weather in January

In January, Alamata sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 38 mm of rain across 7.5 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°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 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Alamata's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alamata's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 38 mm; 7.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:51 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

Alamata is Southern zone, Tigray Region; Ethiopia.

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

← December Alamata 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 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Alamata reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°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 24°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Alamata weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 10°	38	7.5	11.4	7.3
Feb	23° / 11°	36	6.9	11.6	7.6
Mar	24° / 13°	67	12	11.9	7.0
Apr	25° / 14°	57	11.2	12.3	7.0
May	27° / 15°	27	4.9	12.6	7.6
Jun	27° / 14°	45	7.8	12.7	6.9
Jul	25° / 14°	226	26.6	12.7	4.5
Aug	24° / 14°	226	26.3	12.4	4.6
Sep	25° / 13°	38	6.4	12.1	7.7
Oct	24° / 13°	8	2.1	11.7	8.8
Nov	23° / 11°	13	2.7	11.4	8.6
Dec	22° / 10°	19	2.9	11.3	8.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

	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	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	64	63	62	62	61	61	60	61	60	61	62	62	63	64	64	66	66	68	68	69	70	70	70
Cloudier (%)	26	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	36	37	38	38	39	39	40	39	40	39	38	38	37	36	36	34	34	32	32	31	30	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Alamata gets around 38 mm of rain over 7.5 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 24% and peaks near 29% 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 (%)	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	21

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

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 92% 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 (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
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 6 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:19 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:46	6:03
2	11.3	6:47	6:04
3	11.3	6:47	6:04
4	11.3	6:48	6:05
5	11.3	6:48	6:05
6	11.3	6:48	6:06
7	11.3	6:49	6:07
8	11.3	6:49	6:07
9	11.3	6:49	6:08
10	11.3	6:49	6:08
11	11.3	6:50	6:09
12	11.3	6:50	6:09
13	11.3	6:50	6:10
14	11.3	6:50	6:10
15	11.3	6:51	6:11
16	11.3	6:51	6:11
17	11.3	6:51	6:12
18	11.4	6:51	6:12
19	11.4	6:51	6:13
20	11.4	6:51	6:13
21	11.4	6:51	6:14
22	11.4	6:52	6:14
23	11.4	6:52	6:15
24	11.4	6:52	6:15
25	11.4	6:52	6:16
26	11.4	6:52	6:16
27	11.4	6:52	6:17
28	11.4	6:52	6:17
29	11.4	6:52	6:18
30	11.4	6:52	6:18
31	11.4	6:52	6:19

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.51 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Alamata

In seasonPeak

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

Alamata's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Alamata?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Alamata in January

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

In January, Alamata sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Alamata in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alamata peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (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)	12	13	15	14	13	12	10	13	13	13	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Alamata 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 Alamata is worst in June — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), 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)	25	26	27	23	27	33	29	30	30	25	22	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Alamata?

Alamata sits at 12.4°N, 39.6°E, 1,554 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Korem, 11 km away.

Topography around Alamata

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alamata has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 700 m around an average of 1,608 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,902 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,885 m.

The land around Alamata is covered by cropland (46%) and shrubs (31%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and shrubs (38%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%), grassland (30%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

700 m

cropland 46%

16 km

1,902 m

cropland 44%

80 km

3,885 m

shrubs 33%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Korem 11 km · Maych’ew 41 km · Mehoni 44 km · Sek’ot’a 62 km · Weldiya 66 km · Lalibela 70 km · Mersa 84 km · Sifra 103 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $933; 2025
Happiness: 4.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 14%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.5; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 28.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 499
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 Alamata (12.416°, 39.5597°, elevation 1,554 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	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
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	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
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	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	93	7
12	93	7
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8