Golwayn weather in January

In January, Golwayn sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% 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 Golwayn's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Golwayn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
8th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:16 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover
25%
1st clearest
Wind
16 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Golwayn reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 33°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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How January really feels in Golwayn

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Golwayn weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 20°0011.75.0
Feb34° / 20°0011.84.3
Mar35° / 22°50.9123.5
Apr34° / 23°539.112.13.3
May33° / 24°478.512.33.8
Jun33° / 23°10.212.44.4
Jul32° / 23°10.112.34.7
Aug33° / 22°0012.24.4
Sep34° / 23°40.7124.0
Oct32° / 23°479.711.94.2
Nov31° / 21°345.811.74.9
Dec32° / 20°50.811.65.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18713
28713
38812
48812
58812
68812
78812
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Golwayn gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15532121
25532121
35631121
45631121
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75432131
85432131
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105333131
115134141
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224936141
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245036141
255135131
265135131
275235121
285235121
295335111
305435110
315535100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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3116light breeze

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 6:11 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:115:49
211.66:115:49
311.66:125:50
411.66:125:50
511.66:135:51
611.66:135:51
711.66:135:52
811.66:145:52
911.66:145:53
1011.66:145:53
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1311.76:155:54
1411.76:165:55
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1811.76:175:57
1911.76:175:57
2011.76:175:57
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3111.76:196:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
26.3Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.4Intense
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286.7Intense
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306.8Intense
316.8Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Golwayn?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Golwayn for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Golwayn in January

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

In January, Golwayn sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Golwayn 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 Golwayn peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 14Nov 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Golwayn 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 Golwayn is worst in February — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodFeb 1216 µg/m³May 138 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Golwayn?

Golwayn sits at 6.5°N, 45.8°E, 433 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Raqo, 10 km away.

Topography around Golwayn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Golwayn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 447 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 305 m.

The land around Golwayn is covered by shrubs (87%) within 3 km, shrubs (92%) within 16 km, and shrubs (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
141 m
80 km
305 m
shrubsgrassland
January weather nearby: Raqo 10 km · Digih Habar Es 18 km · El Bahay 43 km · Yamarugley 43 km · Neefkuceliye 49 km · Cabudwaaq 52 km · Lasoano 57 km · Waal 60 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 Golwayn (6.5073°, 45.8349°, elevation 433 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).