Goba weather in January

In January, Goba sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 65 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Goba's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Goba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 65 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:40 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Goba is city in Ethiopia.

Density: 3,300/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1900

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 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Goba reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 20°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Goba 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	18° / 7°	65	11.4	11.6	5.9
Feb	19° / 8°	70	9.6	11.8	6.1
Mar	19° / 9°	177	18.5	12	4.9
Apr	18° / 9°	277	25	12.1	3.7
May	18° / 10°	173	22.1	12.3	4.2
Jun	18° / 10°	146	22.5	12.4	4.1
Jul	17° / 9°	268	29.7	12.4	3.0
Aug	17° / 9°	285	30.2	12.2	2.9
Sep	17° / 9°	246	27.8	12	3.2
Oct	16° / 9°	217	24.1	11.8	3.5
Nov	17° / 8°	97	15.4	11.7	4.5
Dec	17° / 7°	55	10.7	11.6	5.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	52	52	53	53	52	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	58	58	58	59
Cloudier (%)	48	48	47	47	48	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	42	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Goba gets around 65 mm of rain over 11.4 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 36% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	33
31	32

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 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
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	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 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 6:35 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:24 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	11.6	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43
Sunset (PM)	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	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:35	6:11
2	11.6	6:36	6:12
3	11.6	6:36	6:12
4	11.6	6:36	6:13
5	11.6	6:37	6:13
6	11.6	6:37	6:14
7	11.6	6:38	6:14
8	11.6	6:38	6:15
9	11.6	6:38	6:15
10	11.6	6:39	6:16
11	11.6	6:39	6:16
12	11.6	6:39	6:17
13	11.6	6:40	6:17
14	11.6	6:40	6:17
15	11.6	6:40	6:18
16	11.6	6:40	6:18
17	11.6	6:41	6:19
18	11.6	6:41	6:19
19	11.6	6:41	6:20
20	11.6	6:41	6:20
21	11.7	6:41	6:20
22	11.7	6:42	6:21
23	11.7	6:42	6:21
24	11.7	6:42	6:22
25	11.7	6:42	6:22
26	11.7	6:42	6:22
27	11.7	6:42	6:23
28	11.7	6:42	6:23
29	11.7	6:43	6:24
30	11.7	6:43	6:24
31	11.7	6:43	6:24

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 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.54 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	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	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	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	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	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	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	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Goba?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Goba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Goba in January

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

In January, Goba sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Goba in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Goba peaks around March 17 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 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)	15	16	17	16	14	13	12	15	14	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	15	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Goba 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 Goba is worst in June — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 9 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)	9	10	17	14	15	20	18	14	14	15	13	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Goba?

Goba sits at 7.0°N, 40.0°E, 2,682 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Bale Robe, 12 km away.

Topography around Goba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goba has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 m around an average of 2,666 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,874 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,571 m.

The land around Goba is covered by cropland (49%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), shrubs (26%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

289 m

cropland 49%

16 km

1,874 m

cropland 54%

80 km

3,571 m

cropland 38%

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

January weather nearby: Bale Robe 12 km · Mena 68 km · Ghinnir 81 km · Gobēsa 85 km · Āsasa 87 km · Dodola 88 km · Bek’ojī 99 km · Sagurē 123 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 Goba (7.0167°, 39.9833°, elevation 2,682 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	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	18	7
9	18	7
10	18	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	18	7
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	33
31	32

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	33
31	32

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	58	42
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	37
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34
29	33
30	33
31	32

	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