Intich’o weather in January

In January, Intich’o sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Intich’o's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Intich’o's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
6th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:55 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
28%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.0
out of 10

Intich’o is town in Tigray, Ethiopia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical January day in Intich’o reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1248
2248
3248
4248
5248
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10249
11249
12249
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31269

Intich’o weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 40.911.29.0
Feb26° / 10°30.611.58.6
Mar27° / 12°193.511.97.8
Apr27° / 13°266.212.37.3
May27° / 13°376.112.77.3
Jun26° / 13°7611.512.86.5
Jul22° / 13°30629.212.83.8
Aug21° / 13°35629.512.53.7
Sep23° / 11°8310.212.17.1
Oct24° / 10°14211.78.7
Nov24° / 71.411.39.0
Dec24° / 20.511.29.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
28812
38713
48614
58515
68416
78317
88317
98218
108218
118218
128218
138218
148218
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198515
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228614
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288812
298812
308713
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Intich’o gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
32
42
53
63
73
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94
104
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301
311

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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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227calm
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307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:516:02
211.26:526:02
311.26:526:03
411.26:536:03
511.26:536:04
611.26:536:04
711.26:536:05
811.26:546:05
911.26:546:06
1011.26:546:07
1111.26:556:07
1211.26:556:08
1311.26:556:08
1411.26:556:09
1511.26:556:09
1611.26:556:10
1711.26:566:10
1811.36:566:11
1911.36:566:12
2011.36:566:12
2111.36:566:13
2211.36:566:13
2311.36:566:14
2411.36:566:14
2511.36:566:15
2611.36:566:15
2711.36:566:16
2811.36:566:16
2911.36:566:17
3011.46:566:17
3111.46:566:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
25.8Bright
35.8Bright
45.8Bright
55.8Bright
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145.9Bright
155.9Bright
165.9Bright
175.9Bright
185.9Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Bright
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.1Intense
246.1Intense
256.1Intense
266.1Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Intich’o

In seasonPeak

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

Intich’o's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Intich’o sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in June.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Intich’o?

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

9.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Intich’o in January

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

In January, Intich’o sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Intich’o in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Intich’o peaks around April 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 10UV 15Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Intich’o 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 Intich’o is worst in June — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1628 µg/m³Nov 1721 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Intich’o?

Intich’o sits at 14.3°N, 39.1°E, 1,998 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Adwa, 30 km away.

Mekele

Topography around Intich’o

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Intich’o has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 517 m around an average of 2,078 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,258 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,999 m.

The land around Intich’o is covered by cropland (51%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (50%), grassland (26%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%), cropland (31%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
517 m
16 km
1,258 m
80 km
2,999 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Adwa 30 km · Ādīgrat 34 km · Idaga Hamus 46 km · Aksum 49 km · Wik’ro 73 km · Mendefera 77 km · Ābīy Ādī 82 km · Mekele 94 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 Intich’o (14.2789°, 39.15°, elevation 1,998 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).