Wacha weather in January

In January, Wacha sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 62 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 22% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Wacha's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wacha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 62 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:57 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Density: 4,422/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 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Wacha reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than 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)	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	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Wacha weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-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° / 12°	62	11	11.6	6.8
Feb	26° / 13°	59	10.9	11.8	6.4
Mar	26° / 14°	141	20.7	12	5.1
Apr	24° / 14°	250	26.1	12.2	4.1
May	23° / 14°	281	29.6	12.3	3.7
Jun	22° / 13°	266	28.2	12.4	3.8
Jul	21° / 13°	299	28.9	12.4	3.6
Aug	21° / 13°	286	28.2	12.2	3.7
Sep	22° / 13°	239	27.9	12	3.9
Oct	23° / 13°	208	25.4	11.8	4.4
Nov	23° / 12°	147	19	11.7	5.4
Dec	24° / 12°	82	14.7	11.6	6.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 34% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	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 (%)	61	61	61	59	59	59	59	57	57	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	56	56
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	41	41	41	41	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Wacha gets around 62 mm of rain over 11 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 36% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	37
15	38
16	38
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	39
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

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 63% 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 (%)	61	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64
Comfortable (%)	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	39	0
2	62	38	0
3	62	38	0
4	62	38	0
5	63	37	0
6	63	37	0
7	63	37	0
8	63	37	0
9	63	37	0
10	63	37	0
11	63	37	0
12	63	37	0
13	63	37	0
14	63	37	0
15	63	37	0
16	61	38	1
17	61	38	1
18	61	38	1
19	61	38	1
20	62	37	1
21	62	37	1
22	62	37	1
23	62	37	1
24	63	36	1
25	63	36	1
26	63	36	1
27	63	36	1
28	64	35	1
29	64	35	1
30	64	35	1
31	64	35	1

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
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 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 6:52 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:41 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)	11.6	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	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59
Sunset (PM)	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	6:40	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:52	6:28
2	11.6	6:53	6:28
3	11.6	6:53	6:29
4	11.6	6:53	6:29
5	11.6	6:54	6:30
6	11.6	6:54	6:30
7	11.6	6:54	6:31
8	11.6	6:55	6:31
9	11.6	6:55	6:32
10	11.6	6:55	6:32
11	11.6	6:56	6:32
12	11.6	6:56	6:33
13	11.6	6:56	6:33
14	11.6	6:57	6:34
15	11.6	6:57	6:34
16	11.6	6:57	6:35
17	11.6	6:57	6:35
18	11.6	6:58	6:36
19	11.6	6:58	6:36
20	11.6	6:58	6:37
21	11.6	6:58	6:37
22	11.6	6:59	6:37
23	11.7	6:59	6:38
24	11.7	6:59	6:38
25	11.7	6:59	6:39
26	11.7	6:59	6:39
27	11.7	6:59	6:39
28	11.7	6:59	6:40
29	11.7	6:59	6:40
30	11.7	6:59	6:40
31	11.7	6:59	6:41

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.37 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	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
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
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17	5.3	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
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20	5.4	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

Is January a good time to visit Wacha?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Wacha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Wacha in January

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

In January, Wacha sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Wacha 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 Wacha peaks around March 15 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)	13	14	15	13	12	11	12	14	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	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	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Wacha 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 Wacha is worst in February — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (August, 25 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)	44	44	34	30	25	30	28	25	25	28	32	35
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	44	Poor
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	35	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Wacha?

Wacha sits at 7.2°N, 35.8°E, 1,995 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Mīzan Teferī, 30 km away.

Topography around Wacha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wacha has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 576 m around an average of 2,031 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,575 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,824 m.

The land around Wacha is covered by trees (30%), grassland (26%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (43%), cropland (27%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km

576 m

trees 30%

16 km

1,575 m

trees 43%

80 km

2,824 m

trees 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland

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

January weather nearby: Mīzan Teferī 30 km · Komtikas 36 km · Tēpī 41 km · Bonga 49 km · Āgaro 120 km · Jimma 126 km · Metu 130 km · Waka 149 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 Wacha (7.1511°, 35.817°, elevation 1,995 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	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	12
11	24	12
12	24	12
13	24	12
14	24	12
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	24	12
19	24	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	25	12
23	25	12
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	37
15	38
16	38
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	39
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	39	0
2	62	38	0
3	62	38	0
4	62	38	0
5	63	37	0
6	63	37	0
7	63	37	0
8	63	37	0
9	63	37	0
10	63	37	0
11	63	37	0
12	63	37	0
13	63	37	0
14	63	37	0
15	63	37	0
16	61	38	1
17	61	38	1
18	61	38	1
19	61	38	1
20	62	37	1
21	62	37	1
22	62	37	1
23	62	37	1
24	63	36	1
25	63	36	1
26	63	36	1
27	63	36	1
28	64	35	1
29	64	35	1
30	64	35	1
31	64	35	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	37
15	38
16	38
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	39
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	39	0
2	62	38	0
3	62	38	0
4	62	38	0
5	63	37	0
6	63	37	0
7	63	37	0
8	63	37	0
9	63	37	0
10	63	37	0
11	63	37	0
12	63	37	0
13	63	37	0
14	63	37	0
15	63	37	0
16	61	38	1
17	61	38	1
18	61	38	1
19	61	38	1
20	62	37	1
21	62	37	1
22	62	37	1
23	62	37	1
24	63	36	1
25	63	36	1
26	63	36	1
27	63	36	1
28	64	35	1
29	64	35	1
30	64	35	1
31	64	35	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	34
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	37
15	38
16	38
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	39
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	39	0
2	62	38	0
3	62	38	0
4	62	38	0
5	63	37	0
6	63	37	0
7	63	37	0
8	63	37	0
9	63	37	0
10	63	37	0
11	63	37	0
12	63	37	0
13	63	37	0
14	63	37	0
15	63	37	0
16	61	38	1
17	61	38	1
18	61	38	1
19	61	38	1
20	62	37	1
21	62	37	1
22	62	37	1
23	62	37	1
24	63	36	1
25	63	36	1
26	63	36	1
27	63	36	1
28	64	35	1
29	64	35	1
30	64	35	1
31	64	35	1