Tanjungtiram weather in January

In January, Tanjungtiram sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 160 mm of rain across 23.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-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 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tanjungtiram's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tanjungtiram's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
24°
1st coldest
Rainfall
160 mm
23.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:42 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
80%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Tanjungtiram is human settlement in Sumatra, Indonesia.

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 Tanjungtiram reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Tanjungtiram

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 29 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
29
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Tanjungtiram weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°16023.111.83.7
Feb30° / 24°10618.411.93.8
Mar30° / 25°14522.7123.3
Apr31° / 25°17826.712.12.7
May31° / 25°20527.212.22.7
Jun31° / 25°14122.912.23.1
Jul30° / 25°15224.212.23.1
Aug30° / 24°18226.812.12.9
Sep30° / 24°23328.9122.7
Oct29° / 24°28029.511.92.8
Nov29° / 24°31928.811.82.9
Dec29° / 24°2872811.83.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21585
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tanjungtiram gets around 160 mm of rain over 23.1 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 75% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
184
283
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582
682
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3167

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10964
20964
30964
40964
50964
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70955
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100955
110946
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 4.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tanjungtiram

In seasonPeak

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

Tanjungtiram sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

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

Is January a good time to visit Tanjungtiram?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tanjungtiram.

What to pack for Tanjungtiram in January

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

In January, Tanjungtiram sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tanjungtiram in January

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in January near 29°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar30Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Tanjungtiram 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 Tanjungtiram peaks around February 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 14Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Tanjungtiram 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 Tanjungtiram is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2434 µg/m³Dec 1626 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tanjungtiram?

Tanjungtiram sits at 4.1°N, 98.4°E, 2 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Pangkalan Brandan, 11 km away.

Topography around Tanjungtiram

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tanjungtiram has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,973 m.

The land around Tanjungtiram is covered by trees (48%) and water (29%) within 3 km, water (48%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
7 m
16 km
69 m
80 km
2,973 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Pangkalan Brandan 11 km · Labuhan Deli 36 km · Stabat 38 km · Belawan 47 km · Binjai 53 km · Sunggal 60 km · Medan 63 km · Langsa 63 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
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

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 Tanjungtiram (4.0613°, 98.3699°, elevation 2 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).