Mulia weather in January

In January, Mulia sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 519 mm of rain across 30.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mulia's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mulia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 519 mm; 30.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:52 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 96%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mulia reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Mulia weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 10°	519	30.5	12.2	3.0
Feb	19° / 10°	604	27.9	12.1	3.0
Mar	19° / 10°	640	30.8	12	3.0
Apr	19° / 10°	540	29.9	11.9	3.0
May	19° / 10°	449	30.4	11.8	3.1
Jun	18° / 10°	425	29.5	11.8	3.0
Jul	18° / 10°	415	29.8	11.8	3.0
Aug	18° / 10°	438	30.2	11.9	3.1
Sep	18° / 10°	502	29.6	12	3.0
Oct	19° / 10°	482	30.4	12.1	3.1
Nov	19° / 10°	439	29.8	12.2	3.0
Dec	19° / 10°	524	30.9	12.2	3.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 100%.

	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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cloudier (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mulia gets around 519 mm of rain over 30.5 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 98% and peaks near 99% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	99
31	99

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 90% 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 (%)	83	84	85	86	87	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	92	92	92	92
Comfortable (%)	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	84	16
3	85	15
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:06 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:45	5:58
2	12.2	5:45	5:58
3	12.2	5:46	5:58
4	12.2	5:46	5:59
5	12.2	5:47	5:59
6	12.2	5:47	6:00
7	12.2	5:48	6:00
8	12.2	5:48	6:00
9	12.2	5:49	6:01
10	12.2	5:49	6:01
11	12.2	5:49	6:02
12	12.2	5:50	6:02
13	12.2	5:50	6:02
14	12.2	5:51	6:03
15	12.2	5:51	6:03
16	12.2	5:52	6:03
17	12.2	5:52	6:03
18	12.2	5:52	6:04
19	12.2	5:53	6:04
20	12.2	5:53	6:04
21	12.2	5:53	6:05
22	12.2	5:54	6:05
23	12.2	5:54	6:05
24	12.2	5:54	6:05
25	12.2	5:55	6:05
26	12.2	5:55	6:06
27	12.2	5:55	6:06
28	12.2	5:56	6:06
29	12.2	5:56	6:06
30	12.2	5:56	6:06
31	12.2	5:57	6:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.76 kWh/m² to a high of 4.48 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 4.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mulia?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mulia.

What to pack for Mulia in January

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

In January, Mulia sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. About 31 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Mulia in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mulia peaks around March 10 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 12 (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)	17	18	18	17	14	12	13	14	15	15	15	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	18	Extreme
Apr	17	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mulia?

Mulia sits at 3.7°S, 138.0°E, 2,106 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Tiom, 57 km away.

Topography around Mulia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mulia has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,305 m around an average of 2,245 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,889 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,282 m.

The land around Mulia is covered by trees (80%) within 3 km, trees (95%) within 16 km, and trees (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,305 m

trees 80%

16 km

2,889 m

trees 95%

80 km

4,282 m

trees 96%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswetland

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

January weather nearby: Tiom 57 km · Wamena 115 km · Timika 176 km · Agats 204 km · Nabire 279 km · Sentani 308 km · Abepura 319 km · Jayapura 331 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,060; 2025
Happiness: 5.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.3; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 11.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 471
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 Mulia (-3.7147°, 137.9853°, elevation 2,106 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. 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	19	10
2	19	10
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	19	10
29	19	10
30	19	10
31	19	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	99
31	99

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	84	16
3	85	15
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	99
31	99

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	84	16
3	85	15
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	98
2	98
3	98
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	99
31	99

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	84	16
3	85	15
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8