Were Īlu weather in January

In January, Were Īlu sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 37 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 Were Īlu's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Were Īlu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 37 mm; 7.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:48 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 4th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Were Īlu 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 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Were Īlu reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Were Īlu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 8°	37	7.7	11.4	7.0
Feb	22° / 9°	49	8.9	11.7	6.9
Mar	22° / 10°	170	16.1	11.9	5.9
Apr	22° / 10°	138	14.8	12.2	6.0
May	23° / 11°	61	8.8	12.5	7.1
Jun	22° / 12°	83	17.5	12.6	5.7
Jul	19° / 11°	376	30.7	12.6	3.3
Aug	18° / 11°	414	30.9	12.3	3.3
Sep	19° / 10°	175	22.3	12.1	4.5
Oct	20° / 8°	35	5.3	11.8	7.2
Nov	20° / 7°	18	3.3	11.5	7.8
Dec	20° / 7°	16	3.7	11.4	7.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	70	69	69	67	66	66	65	64	63	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	61	62	63	63	65	65	67	68	68	69	70	70	70	70	70
Cloudier (%)	30	31	31	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	39	38	37	37	35	35	33	32	32	31	30	30	30	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	67	33
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Were Īlu gets around 37 mm of rain over 7.7 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 25% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25

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

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 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
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
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7	5	calm
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19	5	calm
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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 6:44 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:22 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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	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	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:44	6:07
2	11.4	6:44	6:08
3	11.4	6:44	6:08
4	11.4	6:45	6:09
5	11.4	6:45	6:09
6	11.4	6:46	6:10
7	11.4	6:46	6:10
8	11.4	6:46	6:11
9	11.4	6:46	6:11
10	11.4	6:47	6:12
11	11.4	6:47	6:12
12	11.4	6:47	6:13
13	11.4	6:48	6:13
14	11.4	6:48	6:14
15	11.4	6:48	6:14
16	11.4	6:48	6:15
17	11.4	6:48	6:15
18	11.5	6:49	6:16
19	11.5	6:49	6:16
20	11.5	6:49	6:17
21	11.5	6:49	6:17
22	11.5	6:49	6:18
23	11.5	6:49	6:18
24	11.5	6:49	6:19
25	11.5	6:49	6:19
26	11.5	6:50	6:19
27	11.5	6:50	6:20
28	11.5	6:50	6:20
29	11.5	6:50	6:21
30	11.5	6:50	6:21
31	11.5	6:50	6:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.73 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	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0
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	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	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Bright
31	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Were Īlu

In seasonPeak

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

Were Īlu's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Were Īlu sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Were Īlu?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Were Īlu for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Were Īlu in January

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

In January, Were Īlu sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Were Īlu 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 Were Īlu peaks around March 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 11 (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	16	15	14	13	11	15	13	14	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Were Īlu 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 Were Īlu is worst in June — around 45 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)	32	32	34	32	36	45	40	40	42	31	29	31
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	36	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Were Īlu?

Were Īlu sits at 10.6°N, 39.4°E, 2,699 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Mehal Mēda, 39 km away.

Topography around Were Īlu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Were Īlu has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 680 m around an average of 2,579 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,152 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,346 m.

The land around Were Īlu is covered by cropland (61%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

680 m

cropland 61%

16 km

1,152 m

cropland 61%

80 km

3,346 m

cropland 52%

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

January weather nearby: Mehal Mēda 39 km · Kemisē 49 km · Harbu 53 km · Āt’aye 61 km · Kombolcha 64 km · Dessie 64 km · ‘Alem Ketema 72 km · Kobo 77 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 Were Īlu (10.5896°, 39.4377°, elevation 2,699 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	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	20	7
5	20	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	21	8
31	21	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	67	33
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	67	33
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	67	33
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	65	35
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	61	39
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	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