Ciro weather in January

In January, Ciro sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 Ciro's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
4th warmest
Overnight low
12°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:49 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
37%
3rd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ciro reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Ciro weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 12°8211.68.4
Feb27° / 13°17311.77.9
Mar27° / 14°497.211.97.1
Apr26° / 15°10512.312.26.2
May25° / 14°9913.812.46.2
Jun24° / 14°8918.812.45.5
Jul22° / 13°17827.412.43.9
Aug21° / 13°21228.212.33.8
Sep22° / 13°16223.6124.6
Oct24° / 13°375.711.87.8
Nov25° / 12°61.411.68.7
Dec25° / 12°30.711.68.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27723
37624
47624
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ciro gets around 8 mm of rain over 2 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 7% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
24
34
44
54
64
75
85
95
106
116
127
137
147
158
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268
278
288
298
309
319

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18991
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30982
31982

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:44 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:446:17
211.66:446:17
311.66:446:18
411.66:456:18
511.66:456:19
611.66:466:19
711.66:466:20
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2011.66:506:26
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2611.66:506:28
2711.66:506:29
2811.66:516:29
2911.66:516:29
3011.76:516:30
3111.76:516:30

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 4.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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155.9Bright
165.9Bright
176.0Bright
186.0Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Intense
216.0Intense
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276.1Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ciro

In seasonPeak

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

Ciro's monsoon runs April–May, 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 Ciro?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ciro in January

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

In January, Ciro sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ciro in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ciro peaks around March 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 16Nov 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Ciro 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 Ciro is worst in December — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 1668 µg/m³Aug 1145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar59Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May50Poor
Jun51Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug45Poor
Sep53Poor
Oct64Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec68Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ciro?

Ciro sits at 7.8°N, 38.2°E, 1,957 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Worabe, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Ciro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 1,975 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,109 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,697 m.

The land around Ciro is covered by cropland (88%) within 3 km, cropland (74%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) within 80 km.

3 km
193 m
16 km
1,109 m
80 km
2,697 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Worabe 6.0 km · Butajīra 35 km · Insēno 37 km · Hosa’ina 52 km · Ziway 54 km · K’olīto 60 km · Damboya 62 km · Welk’īt’ē 70 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
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

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 Ciro (7.8333°, 38.2333°, elevation 1,957 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).