Mot’a weather in January

In January, Mot’a sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 12 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% 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 Mot’a's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mot’a's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 12 mm; 3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:55 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Mot’a is place in Amhara Region, 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 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mot’a reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Mot’a weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 10°	12	3	11.4	8.3
Feb	26° / 12°	18	3	11.6	8.0
Mar	26° / 13°	47	7.4	11.9	7.2
Apr	26° / 13°	47	6.8	12.2	7.2
May	25° / 13°	102	11.5	12.5	6.7
Jun	23° / 12°	159	20.8	12.6	5.1
Jul	20° / 12°	325	30.8	12.6	3.3
Aug	20° / 12°	335	30.7	12.4	3.3
Sep	21° / 11°	200	22	12.1	4.7
Oct	23° / 11°	73	7.9	11.8	7.3
Nov	23° / 10°	28	4.3	11.5	8.2
Dec	24° / 10°	11	2.4	11.4	8.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% 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 (%)	80	78	78	76	75	74	73	71	71	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	73
Cloudier (%)	20	22	22	24	25	26	27	29	29	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	76	24
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mot’a gets around 12 mm of rain over 3 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 10% and peaks near 13% 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 (%)	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	9
8	10
9	10
10	11
11	11
12	12
13	12
14	12
15	13
16	13
17	13
18	13
19	12
20	12
21	11
22	10
23	10
24	9
25	8
26	8
27	7
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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	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 6:51 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:27 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)	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:51	6:13
2	11.4	6:51	6:13
3	11.4	6:52	6:14
4	11.4	6:52	6:14
5	11.4	6:52	6:15
6	11.4	6:53	6:15
7	11.4	6:53	6:16
8	11.4	6:53	6:16
9	11.4	6:54	6:17
10	11.4	6:54	6:17
11	11.4	6:54	6:18
12	11.4	6:54	6:18
13	11.4	6:55	6:19
14	11.4	6:55	6:19
15	11.4	6:55	6:20
16	11.4	6:55	6:20
17	11.4	6:56	6:21
18	11.4	6:56	6:21
19	11.4	6:56	6:22
20	11.4	6:56	6:22
21	11.4	6:56	6:23
22	11.4	6:56	6:23
23	11.5	6:56	6:24
24	11.5	6:56	6:24
25	11.5	6:57	6:25
26	11.5	6:57	6:25
27	11.5	6:57	6:25
28	11.5	6:57	6:26
29	11.5	6:57	6:26
30	11.5	6:57	6:27
31	11.5	6:57	6:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.51 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	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
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	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mot’a

In seasonPeak

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

Mot’a's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Mot’a?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mot’a in January

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

In January, Mot’a sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mot’a 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 Mot’a peaks around March 22 at about 16 (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)	12	14	16	15	14	13	12	14	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	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Mot’a 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 Mot’a is worst in October — around 41 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)	37	37	35	32	28	32	27	27	36	41	41	39
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	37	Poor
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	39	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Mot’a?

Mot’a sits at 11.1°N, 37.9°E, 2,412 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Ādēt, 47 km away.

Topography around Mot’a

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mot’a has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 517 m around an average of 2,376 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,243 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,955 m.

The land around Mot’a is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and cropland (71%) within 80 km.

3 km

517 m

cropland 68%

16 km

1,243 m

cropland 63%

80 km

2,955 m

cropland 71%

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← December Mot’a year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Ādēt 47 km · Mertule Maryam 52 km · T’īs Isat 54 km · Wegeda 56 km · Dembech’a 73 km · Bahir Dar 77 km · Finote Selam 78 km · Bichena 79 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 Mot’a (11.0833°, 37.8667°, elevation 2,412 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	24	10
2	24	10
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	24	10
7	24	10
8	24	10
9	24	10
10	24	10
11	24	10
12	24	10
13	24	10
14	24	10
15	24	10
16	24	10
17	24	10
18	24	10
19	24	10
20	24	11
21	24	11
22	24	11
23	25	11
24	25	11
25	25	11
26	25	11
27	25	11
28	25	11
29	25	11
30	25	11
31	25	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	76	24
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	76	24
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	76	24
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	74	26
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100