Bedelē weather in January

In January, Bedelē sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3.1 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 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bedelē's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bedelē's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 13 mm; 3.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:57 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Bedelē is place in Oromia, Ethiopia.

Density: 4,754/km²; people per km²

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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bedelē reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer 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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14

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

Bedelē 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	27° / 13°	13	3.1	11.6	7.8
Feb	28° / 14°	17	3.7	11.7	7.1
Mar	28° / 15°	46	8.8	11.9	6.4
Apr	27° / 15°	94	13.2	12.2	5.9
May	25° / 15°	252	24	12.4	4.6
Jun	23° / 14°	319	29.4	12.5	3.7
Jul	22° / 13°	330	30.6	12.4	3.4
Aug	22° / 13°	361	30.7	12.3	3.5
Sep	23° / 13°	358	29	12	3.8
Oct	24° / 13°	133	15.7	11.8	6.1
Nov	25° / 13°	35	6.3	11.6	7.6
Dec	26° / 13°	11	2.5	11.5	8.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	69	68	67	66	65	64	64	63	62	62	61	60	60	61	60	60	61	61	62	63	64	64	65	66	66	68	68	69	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	40	39	40	40	39	39	38	37	36	36	35	34	34	32	32	31	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bedelē gets around 13 mm of rain over 3.1 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 10% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10

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

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 95% 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	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 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 6:52 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:37 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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:52	6:23
2	11.5	6:53	6:24
3	11.5	6:53	6:24
4	11.5	6:53	6:25
5	11.5	6:54	6:25
6	11.5	6:54	6:26
7	11.5	6:55	6:26
8	11.5	6:55	6:27
9	11.5	6:55	6:27
10	11.5	6:56	6:28
11	11.5	6:56	6:28
12	11.5	6:56	6:29
13	11.5	6:56	6:29
14	11.5	6:57	6:30
15	11.6	6:57	6:30
16	11.6	6:57	6:31
17	11.6	6:57	6:31
18	11.6	6:58	6:32
19	11.6	6:58	6:32
20	11.6	6:58	6:32
21	11.6	6:58	6:33
22	11.6	6:58	6:33
23	11.6	6:58	6:34
24	11.6	6:59	6:34
25	11.6	6:59	6:35
26	11.6	6:59	6:35
27	11.6	6:59	6:35
28	11.6	6:59	6:36
29	11.6	6:59	6:36
30	11.6	6:59	6:36
31	11.6	6:59	6:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.62 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	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	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.8	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 Bedelē

In seasonPeak

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

Bedelē's monsoon runs May–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 Bedelē?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Bedelē for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bedelē in January

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

In January, Bedelē sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bedelē 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 Bedelē peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 11 (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)	12	13	16	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Bedelē 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 Bedelē is worst in February — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (May, 21 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)	37	39	31	26	21	25	24	22	22	25	28	30
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	37	Poor
Feb	39	Poor
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	30	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bedelē?

Bedelē sits at 8.5°N, 36.4°E, 2,011 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Nek’emtē, 73 km away.

Topography around Bedelē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bedelē has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m around an average of 1,969 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 865 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,892 m.

The land around Bedelē is covered by trees (53%) within 3 km, cropland (37%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

283 m

trees 53%

16 km

865 m

cropland 37%

80 km

1,892 m

trees 43%

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

January weather nearby: Nek’emtē 73 km · Āgaro 75 km · Suntu 77 km · Metu 86 km · Gimbi 98 km · Jimma 102 km · Gutin 127 km · Bonga 130 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 Bedelē (8.456°, 36.353°, elevation 2,011 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	26	13
2	26	13
3	26	13
4	26	13
5	26	13
6	26	13
7	26	13
8	26	13
9	26	13
10	26	13
11	26	13
12	26	13
13	26	13
14	26	13
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	27	13
18	27	13
19	27	13
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	27	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	27	13
26	27	13
27	27	14
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4