Mī’ēso weather in January

In January, Mī’ēso sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 19 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-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 54% 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 Mī’ēso's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mī’ēso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
11th warmest
Overnight low
15°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
3.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:41 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
37%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Mī’ēso is town in northeastern 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mī’ēso reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Mī’ēso weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 15°193.811.57.8
Feb29° / 16°253.511.76.7
Mar30° / 18°8810.211.95.3
Apr29° / 19°9814.312.24.8
May30° / 19°6913.612.44.6
Jun31° / 19°278.912.54.9
Jul29° / 19°7818.212.54.7
Aug28° / 19°9921.112.34.7
Sep29° / 19°5814.612.15.2
Oct29° / 17°538.111.86.2
Nov28° / 15°27411.67.7
Dec27° / 15°162.711.58.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27723
37723
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mī’ēso gets around 19 mm of rain over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
18
28
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48
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69
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911
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1112
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1514
1615
1715
1815
1915
2015
2115
2215
2315
2414
2514
2613
2713
2813
2912
3012
3112

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 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
183134
283134
382144
482144
582144
682144
781154
880155
980155
1080155
1179156
1279156
1378166
1477167
1576177
1676177
1775187
1875187
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2674206
2774206
2874206
2975196
3075196
3176186

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
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317calm

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 6:36 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:366:04
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311.56:376:05
411.56:376:06
511.56:386:06
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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 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.69 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Mī’ēso

In seasonPeak

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

Mī’ēso sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

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

Is January a good time to visit Mī’ēso?

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
7.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mī’ēso in January

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

In January, Mī’ēso sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mī’ēso in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mī’ēso peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 15Dec 10UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Mī’ēso 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 Mī’ēso is worst in June — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2230 µg/m³Apr 2022 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mī’ēso?

Mī’ēso sits at 9.2°N, 40.8°E, 1,322 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Āsbe Teferī, 21 km away.

Metahāra

Topography around Mī’ēso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mī’ēso has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m around an average of 1,352 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 971 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,510 m.

The land around Mī’ēso is covered by shrubs (41%) and cropland (39%) within 3 km, shrubs (61%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
315 m
16 km
971 m
80 km
2,510 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
January weather nearby: Āsbe Teferī 21 km · Bedēsa 37 km · Hīrna 38 km · Gelemso 53 km · Āwash 70 km · Deder 76 km · Chelenko 90 km · Metahāra 99 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 Mī’ēso (9.2348°, 40.7559°, elevation 1,322 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).