Nefas Mewch’a weather in January

In January, Nefas Mewch’a sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 44 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nefas Mewch’a's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nefas Mewch’a's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 44 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:54 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Nefas Mewch’a is place in Amhara, 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 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nefas Mewch’a reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Nefas Mewch’a weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 11°	44	6.4	11.4	7.8
Feb	25° / 12°	51	6.5	11.6	7.7
Mar	25° / 12°	112	11.6	11.9	6.8
Apr	25° / 13°	129	12.3	12.3	6.6
May	25° / 14°	105	10.3	12.5	7.0
Jun	24° / 13°	140	15	12.7	6.1
Jul	21° / 12°	414	29.7	12.6	3.6
Aug	21° / 12°	401	30.5	12.4	3.5
Sep	21° / 12°	191	21.5	12.1	4.9
Oct	22° / 12°	46	5.2	11.7	7.8
Nov	23° / 11°	29	3.7	11.5	8.3
Dec	23° / 11°	25	3.6	11.3	8.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

	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	80	78	77	77	75	74	73	72	71	71	70	69	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	74	74	75	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	76
Cloudier (%)	20	20	22	23	23	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	26	26	25	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Nefas Mewch’a gets around 44 mm of rain over 6.4 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 21% and peaks near 25% 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 (%)	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16

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

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 4 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:50 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:24 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	11.4	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:09	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	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:50	6:09
2	11.3	6:50	6:09
3	11.3	6:50	6:10
4	11.3	6:51	6:11
5	11.3	6:51	6:11
6	11.3	6:51	6:12
7	11.3	6:52	6:12
8	11.3	6:52	6:13
9	11.3	6:52	6:13
10	11.4	6:53	6:14
11	11.4	6:53	6:14
12	11.4	6:53	6:15
13	11.4	6:53	6:15
14	11.4	6:54	6:16
15	11.4	6:54	6:16
16	11.4	6:54	6:17
17	11.4	6:54	6:17
18	11.4	6:54	6:18
19	11.4	6:54	6:18
20	11.4	6:55	6:19
21	11.4	6:55	6:19
22	11.4	6:55	6:20
23	11.4	6:55	6:20
24	11.4	6:55	6:21
25	11.4	6:55	6:21
26	11.4	6:55	6:22
27	11.5	6:55	6:22
28	11.5	6:55	6:23
29	11.5	6:55	6:23
30	11.5	6:55	6:23
31	11.5	6:55	6:24

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.83 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Nefas Mewch’a

In seasonPeak

None of Nefas Mewch’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.

Nefas Mewch’a's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Nefas Mewch’a sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Monsoon

Dust

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Nefas Mewch’a?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nefas Mewch’a in January

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

In January, Nefas Mewch’a sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

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UV index in Nefas Mewch’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 Nefas Mewch’a peaks around March 21 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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	13	16	15	14	13	12	14	14	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Nefas Mewch’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 Nefas Mewch’a is worst in September — around 37 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)	35	33	32	29	29	34	28	28	37	36	32	34
Level	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	35	Poor
Feb	33	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	37	Poor
Oct	36	Poor
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nefas Mewch’a?

Nefas Mewch’a sits at 11.7°N, 38.5°E, 3,082 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Filakit, 37 km away.

Topography around Nefas Mewch’a

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nefas Mewch’a has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 912 m around an average of 2,929 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,757 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,908 m.

The land around Nefas Mewch’a is covered by cropland (42%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

912 m

cropland 42%

16 km

1,757 m

cropland 57%

80 km

2,908 m

cropland 52%

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

January weather nearby: Filakit 37 km · Debre Tabor 51 km · Wegeda 59 km · Ibnat 64 km · Lalibela 71 km · Ādīs Zemen 86 km · Werota 86 km · Mot’a 97 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 Nefas Mewch’a (11.7333°, 38.4667°, elevation 3,082 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	23	10
2	23	10
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	76	24

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	76	24

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	77	23
31	76	24

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

	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