Ch’iko weather in January

In January, Ch’iko sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 41 mm of rain across 5.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 46% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ch’iko's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ch’iko's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 41 mm; 5.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:46 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

← December Ch’iko 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ch’iko reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°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	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Ch’iko weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-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° / 14°	41	5.8	11.7	7.5
Feb	28° / 15°	40	5.3	11.8	6.9
Mar	28° / 16°	126	12.3	12	5.9
Apr	26° / 16°	303	23.7	12.1	4.5
May	24° / 15°	330	28.4	12.3	4.1
Jun	23° / 15°	126	21.2	12.4	4.8
Jul	22° / 15°	94	18.9	12.3	5.1
Aug	22° / 15°	97	18.4	12.2	5.2
Sep	23° / 15°	212	24.1	12	4.6
Oct	24° / 14°	390	27.7	11.9	4.2
Nov	25° / 14°	161	15.5	11.7	6.1
Dec	26° / 13°	56	7.1	11.6	7.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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 (%)	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	73	72	72	72	72	71	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71
Cloudier (%)	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	28	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ch’iko gets around 41 mm of rain over 5.8 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 18% and peaks near 20% 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 (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

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 79% 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 (%)	77	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	77
Comfortable (%)	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	22	1
2	78	21	1
3	78	21	1
4	79	20	1
5	79	20	1
6	79	19	2
7	79	19	2
8	79	19	2
9	79	19	2
10	80	18	2
11	80	18	2
12	80	18	2
13	80	18	2
14	80	18	2
15	80	18	2
16	80	18	2
17	80	18	2
18	80	18	2
19	79	19	2
20	79	19	2
21	78	20	2
22	78	20	2
23	78	20	2
24	78	20	2
25	78	20	2
26	78	20	2
27	78	20	2
28	78	20	2
29	78	20	2
30	77	20	3
31	77	20	3

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

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)	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	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	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	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	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 36 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:31 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)	11.6	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	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	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	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:41	6:19
2	11.6	6:42	6:19
3	11.6	6:42	6:20
4	11.6	6:42	6:20
5	11.6	6:43	6:20
6	11.6	6:43	6:21
7	11.6	6:43	6:21
8	11.6	6:44	6:22
9	11.6	6:44	6:22
10	11.6	6:44	6:23
11	11.6	6:45	6:23
12	11.6	6:45	6:24
13	11.6	6:45	6:24
14	11.7	6:46	6:25
15	11.7	6:46	6:25
16	11.7	6:46	6:26
17	11.7	6:47	6:26
18	11.7	6:47	6:27
19	11.7	6:47	6:27
20	11.7	6:47	6:27
21	11.7	6:47	6:28
22	11.7	6:48	6:28
23	11.7	6:48	6:29
24	11.7	6:48	6:29
25	11.7	6:48	6:29
26	11.7	6:48	6:30
27	11.7	6:48	6:30
28	11.7	6:48	6:30
29	11.7	6:49	6:31
30	11.7	6:49	6:31
31	11.7	6:49	6:31

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 6.04 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3
Level	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	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	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ch’iko?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ch’iko in January

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

In January, Ch’iko sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Ch’iko 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 Ch’iko peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 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)	14	15	16	15	13	12	12	14	13	14	11	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	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Ch’iko 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 Ch’iko is worst in December — around 73 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 39 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)	69	61	53	45	41	44	42	39	46	54	67	73
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	69	Unhealthy
Feb	61	Unhealthy
Mar	53	Poor
Apr	45	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	42	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	54	Poor
Nov	67	Unhealthy
Dec	73	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ch’iko?

Ch’iko sits at 6.6°N, 38.3°E, 1,871 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Wendo, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Ch’iko

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ch’iko has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 1,848 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,330 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,121 m.

The land around Ch’iko is covered by trees (55%) and shrubs (31%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and trees (31%), cropland (25%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

137 m

trees 55%

16 km

1,330 m

trees 47%

80 km

2,121 m

trees 31%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← December Ch’iko year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Wendo 9.0 km · Dīla 19 km · Yirga ‘Alem 21 km · Wenago 31 km · Leku 34 km · Bedēsa 39 km · Dimtu 45 km · Yirga Ch’efē 49 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 Ch’iko (6.5833°, 38.3333°, elevation 1,871 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	14
5	26	14
6	26	14
7	26	14
8	26	14
9	26	14
10	26	14
11	26	14
12	26	14
13	26	14
14	26	14
15	26	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	27	14
19	27	14
20	27	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	27	14
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	22	1
2	78	21	1
3	78	21	1
4	79	20	1
5	79	20	1
6	79	19	2
7	79	19	2
8	79	19	2
9	79	19	2
10	80	18	2
11	80	18	2
12	80	18	2
13	80	18	2
14	80	18	2
15	80	18	2
16	80	18	2
17	80	18	2
18	80	18	2
19	79	19	2
20	79	19	2
21	78	20	2
22	78	20	2
23	78	20	2
24	78	20	2
25	78	20	2
26	78	20	2
27	78	20	2
28	78	20	2
29	78	20	2
30	77	20	3
31	77	20	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	22	1
2	78	21	1
3	78	21	1
4	79	20	1
5	79	20	1
6	79	19	2
7	79	19	2
8	79	19	2
9	79	19	2
10	80	18	2
11	80	18	2
12	80	18	2
13	80	18	2
14	80	18	2
15	80	18	2
16	80	18	2
17	80	18	2
18	80	18	2
19	79	19	2
20	79	19	2
21	78	20	2
22	78	20	2
23	78	20	2
24	78	20	2
25	78	20	2
26	78	20	2
27	78	20	2
28	78	20	2
29	78	20	2
30	77	20	3
31	77	20	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	77	22	1
2	78	21	1
3	78	21	1
4	79	20	1
5	79	20	1
6	79	19	2
7	79	19	2
8	79	19	2
9	79	19	2
10	80	18	2
11	80	18	2
12	80	18	2
13	80	18	2
14	80	18	2
15	80	18	2
16	80	18	2
17	80	18	2
18	80	18	2
19	79	19	2
20	79	19	2
21	78	20	2
22	78	20	2
23	78	20	2
24	78	20	2
25	78	20	2
26	78	20	2
27	78	20	2
28	78	20	2
29	78	20	2
30	77	20	3
31	77	20	3