May Cadera weather in January

In January, May Cadera sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% 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 May Cadera's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see May Cadera's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
8th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:05 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
19%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

May Cadera is town in northeastern Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border.

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 36°C through the month.

A typical January day in May Cadera reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in May Cadera

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.

May Cadera weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 20°0011.32.9
Feb38° / 21°0011.51.6
Mar40° / 24°10.111.90.2
Apr41° / 26°51.812.30.0
May40° / 27°348.312.60.2
Jun37° / 25°7716.212.81.4
Jul33° / 23°18724.312.72.5
Aug30° / 22°24927.212.52.9
Sep32° / 22°10317.212.13.3
Oct35° / 23°266.211.72.8
Nov37° / 22°20.611.32.2
Dec36° / 21°0011.22.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

May Cadera 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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1946
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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 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 7:01 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:016:12
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411.27:026:14
511.27:036:15
611.27:036:15
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for May Cadera

In seasonPeak

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

May Cadera's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon
Dust
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Feb
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May
Jun
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit May Cadera?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in May Cadera. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for May Cadera in January

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

In January, May Cadera sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in May Cadera in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in May Cadera peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 23UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in May Cadera 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 May Cadera is worst in April — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 924 µg/m³Dec 1014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is May Cadera?

May Cadera sits at 14.1°N, 36.6°E, 626 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Adebaye, 25 km away.

DokaKhashm al QirbahAl Qadarif

Topography around May Cadera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around May Cadera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 621 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around May Cadera is covered by cropland (81%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
368 m
80 km
1,490 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Adebaye 25 km · Himora 26 km · Ābderafī 40 km · Abala 50 km · Al-Fashaqah 84 km · Doka 106 km · Khashm al Qirbah 122 km · Al Qadarif 128 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 May Cadera (14.0729°, 36.5683°, elevation 626 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).