Kombolcha weather in January

In January, Kombolcha sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 48 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kombolcha's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kombolcha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 48 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:48 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Kombolcha is human settlement.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kombolcha reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Kombolcha weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 9°	48	8.8	11.4	6.9
Feb	22° / 10°	49	8.4	11.6	7.1
Mar	23° / 12°	104	14.3	11.9	6.5
Apr	24° / 13°	115	14.9	12.2	6.4
May	25° / 14°	54	8.6	12.5	7.3
Jun	27° / 15°	12	2.5	12.6	7.8
Jul	25° / 14°	130	17.3	12.6	5.8
Aug	24° / 14°	176	23	12.4	5.1
Sep	23° / 13°	74	13.7	12.1	6.6
Oct	23° / 11°	36	6.3	11.8	7.8
Nov	22° / 9°	25	3.7	11.5	8.1
Dec	21° / 9°	25	4.5	11.4	7.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	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 (%)	66	66	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	59	60	60	62	62	63	64	64
Cloudier (%)	34	34	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	41	40	40	38	38	37	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	64	36
4	63	37
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	57	43
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kombolcha gets around 48 mm of rain over 8.8 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 28% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	21	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	27

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

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 91% 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 (%)	95	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Comfortable (%)	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 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 6:43 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:20 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	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	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	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	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:43	6:05
2	11.4	6:44	6:06
3	11.4	6:44	6:06
4	11.4	6:44	6:07
5	11.4	6:45	6:07
6	11.4	6:45	6:08
7	11.4	6:45	6:08
8	11.4	6:46	6:09
9	11.4	6:46	6:09
10	11.4	6:46	6:10
11	11.4	6:47	6:10
12	11.4	6:47	6:11
13	11.4	6:47	6:11
14	11.4	6:47	6:12
15	11.4	6:48	6:12
16	11.4	6:48	6:13
17	11.4	6:48	6:13
18	11.4	6:48	6:14
19	11.4	6:48	6:14
20	11.4	6:49	6:15
21	11.4	6:49	6:15
22	11.4	6:49	6:16
23	11.5	6:49	6:16
24	11.5	6:49	6:17
25	11.5	6:49	6:17
26	11.5	6:49	6:18
27	11.5	6:49	6:18
28	11.5	6:49	6:18
29	11.5	6:49	6:19
30	11.5	6:49	6:19
31	11.5	6:49	6:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.63 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kombolcha

In seasonPeak

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

Kombolcha sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kombolcha?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kombolcha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kombolcha in January

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

In January, Kombolcha sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kombolcha in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kombolcha peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (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)	12	13	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Kombolcha 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 Kombolcha is worst in September — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	32	33	35	32	36	42	39	41	42	31	29	31
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	33	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	36	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	41	Poor
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kombolcha?

Kombolcha sits at 11.1°N, 39.7°E, 1,883 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dessie, 13 km away.

Topography around Kombolcha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kombolcha has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 592 m around an average of 1,941 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,546 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,724 m.

The land around Kombolcha is covered by shrubs (32%), cropland (32%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (42%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and shrubs (43%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

592 m

shrubs 32%

16 km

1,546 m

shrubs 42%

80 km

3,724 m

shrubs 43%

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

January weather nearby: Dessie 13 km · Harbu 19 km · Hāyk’ 25 km · Batī 32 km · Kemisē 43 km · Were Īlu 64 km · Sifra 65 km · Mersa 66 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 Kombolcha (11.0816°, 39.7434°, elevation 1,883 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	21	9
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	64	36
4	63	37
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	57	43
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	64	36
4	63	37
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	57	43
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	64	36
4	63	37
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	57	43
11	56	44
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	62	38
28	62	38
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11