Metu weather in January

In January, Metu sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 6 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Metu's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Metu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 6 mm; 2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:00 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Metu is market town in southwestern Ethiopia.

Density: 3,672/km²; people per km²

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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Metu reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 2°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)	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Metu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 14°	6	2	11.6	7.8
Feb	29° / 15°	8	2.2	11.7	6.8
Mar	29° / 16°	22	6.5	11.9	6.0
Apr	28° / 16°	71	14.3	12.2	5.4
May	25° / 15°	155	25.8	12.4	4.3
Jun	23° / 14°	155	27.4	12.5	4.0
Jul	22° / 14°	166	28.5	12.4	3.8
Aug	22° / 14°	156	28.4	12.3	3.8
Sep	23° / 14°	118	25.4	12	4.4
Oct	24° / 14°	82	19.7	11.8	5.5
Nov	25° / 13°	33	8.2	11.6	7.2
Dec	26° / 13°	8	2.3	11.5	8.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

	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 (%)	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	69	69	69	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	67	66	66	66	67	67	68	67	67	68	68	68	69
Cloudier (%)	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	31	31	31	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	33	34	34	34	33	33	32	33	33	32	32	32	31

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Metu gets around 6 mm of rain over 2 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5

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

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 81% 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 (%)	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	86	86	87	87
Comfortable (%)	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13
31	87	13

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	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	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 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 6:55 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:40 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:55	6:27
2	11.5	6:55	6:27
3	11.5	6:56	6:28
4	11.5	6:56	6:28
5	11.5	6:57	6:29
6	11.5	6:57	6:29
7	11.5	6:57	6:30
8	11.5	6:58	6:30
9	11.5	6:58	6:31
10	11.5	6:58	6:31
11	11.5	6:59	6:32
12	11.6	6:59	6:32
13	11.6	6:59	6:32
14	11.6	6:59	6:33
15	11.6	7:00	6:33
16	11.6	7:00	6:34
17	11.6	7:00	6:34
18	11.6	7:00	6:35
19	11.6	7:01	6:35
20	11.6	7:01	6:36
21	11.6	7:01	6:36
22	11.6	7:01	6:37
23	11.6	7:01	6:37
24	11.6	7:01	6:37
25	11.6	7:02	6:38
26	11.6	7:02	6:38
27	11.6	7:02	6:39
28	11.6	7:02	6:39
29	11.6	7:02	6:39
30	11.6	7:02	6:40
31	11.6	7:02	6:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	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	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	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	5.3	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Metu

In seasonPeak

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

Metu's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Metu?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Metu in January

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

In January, Metu sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Metu 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 Metu peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 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)	11	13	15	13	12	11	12	14	13	13	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Metu 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 Metu is worst in February — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.9× the cleanest month (May, 18 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	51	52	37	24	18	23	22	19	19	21	29	37
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	24	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	37	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Metu?

Metu sits at 8.3°N, 35.6°E, 1,700 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Bedelē, 86 km away.

Topography around Metu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Metu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m around an average of 1,676 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 834 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,382 m.

The land around Metu is covered by trees (59%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

252 m

trees 59%

16 km

834 m

trees 58%

80 km

2,382 m

trees 62%

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

January weather nearby: Bedelē 86 km · Dembī Dolo 90 km · Gimbi 101 km · Gambēla 110 km · Tēpī 123 km · Āgaro 128 km · Wacha 130 km · Nejo 134 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 Metu (8.3°, 35.5833°, elevation 1,700 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	26	13
2	26	13
3	26	13
4	26	13
5	26	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	14
11	27	14
12	27	14
13	27	14
14	27	14
15	27	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	27	14
19	27	14
20	27	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	28	14
27	28	14
28	28	14
29	28	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13
31	87	13

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13
31	87	13

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	87	13
31	87	13