Maych’ew weather in January

In January, Maych’ew sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 32 mm of rain across 7.6 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-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 51% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Maych’ew's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maych’ew's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 7.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:51 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

Maych’ew is town in Tigray, Ethiopia.

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 Maych’ew 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 19°C and 23°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	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
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	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	9
27	22	9
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

Maych’ew weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 9°	32	7.6	11.3	7.3
Feb	23° / 10°	33	7.5	11.6	7.4
Mar	23° / 12°	80	13.7	11.9	6.6
Apr	24° / 13°	86	13.3	12.3	6.7
May	25° / 14°	50	7.4	12.6	7.5
Jun	25° / 14°	78	11.4	12.7	6.6
Jul	22° / 13°	295	29	12.7	4.0
Aug	22° / 13°	299	29.4	12.4	3.9
Sep	23° / 12°	76	11	12.1	6.8
Oct	22° / 11°	14	3	11.7	8.2
Nov	21° / 10°	13	2.7	11.4	8.3
Dec	21° / 9°	13	3.1	11.3	8.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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 (%)	78	77	76	75	74	72	72	70	69	68	68	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	67	68	68	69	70	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	74
Cloudier (%)	22	23	24	25	26	28	28	30	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	32	32	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	74	26
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	70	30
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Maych’ew gets around 32 mm of rain over 7.6 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 25% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	25	26	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	23	23

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

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 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	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	7	7
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	7	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	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:18 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:47	6:03
2	11.3	6:48	6:03
3	11.3	6:48	6:04
4	11.3	6:48	6:04
5	11.3	6:49	6:05
6	11.3	6:49	6:05
7	11.3	6:49	6:06
8	11.3	6:50	6:07
9	11.3	6:50	6:07
10	11.3	6:50	6:08
11	11.3	6:50	6:08
12	11.3	6:51	6:09
13	11.3	6:51	6:09
14	11.3	6:51	6:10
15	11.3	6:51	6:10
16	11.3	6:51	6:11
17	11.3	6:52	6:11
18	11.3	6:52	6:12
19	11.3	6:52	6:12
20	11.3	6:52	6:13
21	11.4	6:52	6:13
22	11.4	6:52	6:14
23	11.4	6:52	6:14
24	11.4	6:52	6:15
25	11.4	6:52	6:15
26	11.4	6:52	6:16
27	11.4	6:52	6:16
28	11.4	6:52	6:17
29	11.4	6:52	6:17
30	11.4	6:52	6:18
31	11.4	6:52	6:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.61 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	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	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Maych’ew

In seasonPeak

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

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

Maych’ew sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Maych’ew?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Maych’ew for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Maych’ew in January

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

In January, Maych’ew sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Maych’ew 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 Maych’ew peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (very high).

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	15	14	13	12	10	13	13	13	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Maych’ew 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 Maych’ew is worst in June — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), 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)	25	26	27	23	27	33	29	30	30	25	22	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Maych’ew?

Maych’ew sits at 12.8°N, 39.5°E, 2,400 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Mehoni, 11 km away.

Topography around Maych’ew

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maych’ew has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 915 m around an average of 2,469 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,306 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,702 m.

The land around Maych’ew is covered by cropland (51%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), shrubs (33%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%), grassland (30%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

915 m

cropland 51%

16 km

2,306 m

cropland 37%

80 km

3,702 m

shrubs 33%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Maych’ew year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Mehoni 11 km · Korem 31 km · Alamata 41 km · Sek’ot’a 58 km · Mekele 79 km · Dolo 80 km · Lalibela 100 km · Ābīy Ādī 106 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 Maych’ew (12.7875°, 39.5422°, elevation 2,400 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	8
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	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	9
27	22	9
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	74	26
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	70	30
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
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	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	9
27	22	9
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	74	26
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	70	30
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	8
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	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	9
27	22	9
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	74	26
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	70	30
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2