Al-'Alam weather in January

In January, Al-'Alam sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 38 mm of rain across 6.6 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Al-'Alam's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al-'Alam's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 38 mm; 6.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:17 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

← December Al-'Alam 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 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Al-'Alam reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How January really feels in Al-'Alam

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al-'Alam weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	38	6.6	9.9	5.1
Feb	17° / 7°	32	5.3	10.7	6.5
Mar	23° / 11°	33	4.8	11.7	7.9
Apr	29° / 16°	21	3.7	12.8	6.6
May	36° / 22°	5	1.3	13.8	2.7
Jun	41° / 27°	0	0	14.3	0.0
Jul	44° / 30°	0	0	14.1	0.0
Aug	44° / 29°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	40° / 25°	0	0.1	12.2	0.6
Oct	33° / 20°	12	1.6	11.1	4.7
Nov	23° / 12°	26	4	10.2	8.0
Dec	17° / 7°	33	5.8	9.7	6.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

	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 (%)	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68
Cloudier (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al-'Alam gets around 38 mm of rain over 6.6 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 21% and peaks near 23% 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 (%)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:17 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 5:00 PM to 5:26 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)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11
Sunset (PM)	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	7:17	5:00
2	9.7	7:17	5:00
3	9.7	7:17	5:01
4	9.7	7:18	5:02
5	9.7	7:18	5:03
6	9.8	7:18	5:03
7	9.8	7:18	5:04
8	9.8	7:18	5:05
9	9.8	7:18	5:06
10	9.8	7:18	5:07
11	9.8	7:18	5:07
12	9.8	7:18	5:08
13	9.9	7:18	5:09
14	9.9	7:18	5:10
15	9.9	7:17	5:11
16	9.9	7:17	5:12
17	9.9	7:17	5:13
18	9.9	7:17	5:14
19	10.0	7:16	5:15
20	10.0	7:16	5:16
21	10.0	7:16	5:16
22	10.0	7:15	5:17
23	10.1	7:15	5:18
24	10.1	7:15	5:19
25	10.1	7:14	5:20
26	10.1	7:14	5:21
27	10.2	7:13	5:22
28	10.2	7:13	5:23
29	10.2	7:12	5:24
30	10.2	7:12	5:25
31	10.3	7:11	5:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.7 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al-'Alam

In seasonPeak

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

Al-'Alam sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Al-'Alam?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Al-'Alam for sightseeing.

What to pack for Al-'Alam in January

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

In January, Al-'Alam sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Al-'Alam in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al-'Alam peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	4	5	7	10	5	8	5	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Moderate	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Al-'Alam 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 Al-'Alam is worst in July — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), 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)	45	46	51	50	55	56	60	57	50	47	42	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	51	Poor
Apr	50	Poor
May	55	Poor
Jun	56	Unhealthy
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	57	Unhealthy
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Al-'Alam?

Al-'Alam sits at 34.7°N, 43.7°E, 94 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Tikrīt, 10 km away.

Topography around Al-'Alam

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al-'Alam.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al-'Alam has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m.

The land around Al-'Alam is covered by cropland (32%), bare terrain (22%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (44%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (59%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

28 m

cropland 32%

16 km

68 m

bare terrain 44%

80 km

464 m

bare terrain 59%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Al-'Alam year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Tikrīt 10 km · Bayjī 31 km · Sāmarrā’ 60 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 88 km · Balad 88 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 88 km · Ash Sharqāt 99 km · Kirkuk 106 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,410; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 60%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 9.5; per 100k, 2013
Road deaths: 27.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 406
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 Al-'Alam (34.709°, 43.6951°, elevation 94 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	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	5
18	15	5
19	15	5
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	66	34
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

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