Yabēlo weather in January

In January, Yabēlo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 18 mm of rain across 2.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Yabēlo's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yabēlo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
17°
9th coldest
Rainfall
18 mm
2.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:45 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
45%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Yabēlo is town in southern 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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Yabēlo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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32917
42917
52917
62917
72917
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Yabēlo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 17°182.711.76.3
Feb30° / 18°212.511.85.7
Mar29° / 18°778.9125.4
Apr27° / 17°17720.812.14.8
May25° / 17°16120.212.25.2
Jun24° / 16°276.412.37.1
Jul24° / 16°154.112.37.3
Aug25° / 16°163.612.27.3
Sep27° / 17°305.6127.0
Oct26° / 17°14320.311.95.2
Nov27° / 16°7211.311.86.4
Dec28° / 16°193.911.77.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% 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 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17129
27030
37030
47030
56931
66931
76832
86832
96733
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116733
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Yabēlo gets around 18 mm of rain over 2.7 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 9% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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309
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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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
183152
283152
384142
485132
584133
685123
785123
885123
984124
1084124
1184124
1284124
1383134
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2884133
2984133
3084133
3185123

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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510calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 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 6:39 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:35 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:396:22
211.76:406:23
311.76:406:23
411.76:406:24
511.76:416:24
611.76:416:25
711.76:426:25
811.76:426:26
911.76:426:26
1011.76:436:27
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1211.76:436:28
1311.76:446:28
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1511.76:446:29
1611.76:456:29
1711.76:456:30
1811.86:456:30
1911.86:456:31
2011.86:466:31
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2211.86:466:32
2311.86:466:32
2411.86:466:32
2511.86:476:33
2611.86:476:33
2711.86:476:33
2811.86:476:34
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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 6.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 6.12 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Intense
76.0Intense
86.0Intense
96.0Intense
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126.1Intense
136.1Intense
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246.3Intense
256.3Intense
266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
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316.3Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Yabēlo

In seasonPeak

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

Yabēlo's rainy season runs April–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Yabēlo?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Yabēlo for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Yabēlo in January

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

In January, Yabēlo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Yabēlo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yabēlo peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 21UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Yabēlo 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 Yabēlo is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (February, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJun 1716 µg/m³Feb 88 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar10Good
Apr12Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yabēlo?

Yabēlo sits at 4.9°N, 38.1°E, 1,906 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Konso, 78 km away.

KerchaGīdolēKeleShakisoArba MinchYirga Ch’efē

Topography around Yabēlo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yabēlo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 404 m around an average of 1,863 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,069 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,653 m.

The land around Yabēlo is covered by shrubs (52%) within 3 km, shrubs (61%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
404 m
16 km
1,069 m
80 km
1,653 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Konso 78 km · Hagere Maryam 85 km · Kercha 106 km · Gīdolē 116 km · Kele 134 km · Shakiso 134 km · Arba Minch 141 km · Yirga Ch’efē 143 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 Yabēlo (4.8833°, 38.0833°, elevation 1,906 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).