Āsela weather in January

In January, Āsela sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3.7 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-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 43% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Āsela's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Āsela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 17 mm; 3.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:45 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Āsela is Ethiopian town.

Density: 8,216/km²; people per km²

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

← December Āsela 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 Āsela reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

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

Āsela weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 8°	17	3.7	11.6	7.9
Feb	23° / 9°	25	4.3	11.7	7.8
Mar	23° / 10°	77	10.2	11.9	6.9
Apr	22° / 11°	150	17.5	12.2	5.4
May	22° / 11°	173	19	12.4	5.2
Jun	20° / 10°	142	22.9	12.5	4.5
Jul	19° / 11°	290	30.2	12.4	3.3
Aug	18° / 10°	407	30.6	12.3	3.2
Sep	19° / 10°	375	28.4	12	3.6
Oct	20° / 9°	124	13.9	11.8	5.7
Nov	21° / 8°	25	4.3	11.6	7.4
Dec	21° / 7°	10	2.4	11.5	8.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

	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 (%)	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	73	73	73	72	71
Cloudier (%)	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	27	27	27	28	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	72	28
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Āsela gets around 17 mm of rain over 3.7 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 12% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15

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

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 8 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 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 6:40 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:26 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	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
Sunset (PM)	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	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:40	6:13
2	11.5	6:41	6:13
3	11.5	6:41	6:14
4	11.6	6:41	6:14
5	11.6	6:42	6:15
6	11.6	6:42	6:15
7	11.6	6:43	6:16
8	11.6	6:43	6:16
9	11.6	6:43	6:17
10	11.6	6:44	6:17
11	11.6	6:44	6:18
12	11.6	6:44	6:18
13	11.6	6:44	6:19
14	11.6	6:45	6:19
15	11.6	6:45	6:20
16	11.6	6:45	6:20
17	11.6	6:45	6:21
18	11.6	6:46	6:21
19	11.6	6:46	6:22
20	11.6	6:46	6:22
21	11.6	6:46	6:22
22	11.6	6:46	6:23
23	11.6	6:47	6:23
24	11.6	6:47	6:24
25	11.6	6:47	6:24
26	11.6	6:47	6:25
27	11.6	6:47	6:25
28	11.6	6:47	6:25
29	11.6	6:47	6:26
30	11.6	6:47	6:26
31	11.7	6:47	6:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.98 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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	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	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3
Level	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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Bright
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Āsela

In seasonPeak

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

Āsela's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Āsela?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Āsela in January

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

In January, Āsela sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Āsela in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Āsela peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 12 (extreme).

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)	14	15	17	15	14	12	12	14	14	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Āsela 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 Āsela is worst in June — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), 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	26	31	39	32	29	36	32	24	24
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	39	Poor
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Āsela?

Āsela sits at 8.0°N, 39.1°E, 2,442 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Sagurē, 22 km away.

Topography around Āsela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Āsela has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 m around an average of 2,428 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,416 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,957 m.

The land around Āsela is covered by cropland (38%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, cropland (71%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

525 m

cropland 38%

16 km

2,416 m

cropland 71%

80 km

2,957 m

cropland 72%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

January weather nearby: Sagurē 22 km · Īteya 23 km · Huruta 33 km · Mek’ī 41 km · ‘Alem T’ēna 44 km · Ziway 46 km · Bek’ojī 48 km · Gobēsa 55 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 Āsela (7.95°, 39.1333°, elevation 2,442 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	7
2	21	7
3	21	7
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	21	8
8	22	8
9	22	8
10	22	8
11	22	8
12	22	8
13	22	8
14	22	8
15	22	8
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	8
19	22	8
20	22	8
21	22	8
22	22	8
23	22	8
24	22	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

	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