Ḩadīthah weather in January

In January, Ḩadīthah sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 4.9 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ḩadīthah's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ḩadīthah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
24 mm
4.9 wet days
Daylight
10 hours
7:21 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover
40%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
3.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Ḩadīthah is city in the western Iraqi Al Anbar Governorate.

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 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ḩadīthah reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1145
2145
3145
4145
5145
6145
7145
8145
9145
10145
11145
12145
13145
14145
15145
16145
17145
18145
19145
20145
21145
22145
23145
24145
25145
26145
27145
28145
29145
30145
31155

How January really feels in Ḩadīthah

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Ḩadīthah 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 244.9104.8
Feb17° / 204.410.76.3
Mar22° / 11°213.511.78.1
Apr28° / 16°102.212.87.4
May35° / 22°4113.83.6
Jun40° / 26°0014.20.5
Jul42° / 29°00140.0
Aug42° / 28°0013.30.0
Sep38° / 24°0012.21.4
Oct31° / 19°81.411.15.7
Nov22° / 11°183.110.28.1
Dec15° / 244.79.85.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26832
36832
46733
56733
66733
76733
86832
96832
106832
116832
126832
136832
146832
156832
166832
176832
186733
196733
206733
216733
226733
236832
246832
256832
266832
276931
286931
296931
307030
317129

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ḩadīthah gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 4.9 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 precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
116
216
316
416
516
616
716
816
915
1015
1115
1214
1314
1414
1514
1614
1714
1814
1914
2014
2114
2215
2315
2416
2516
2617
2717
2817
2918
3018
3118

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
1412light breeze
1512light breeze
1612light breeze
1712light breeze
1812light breeze
1912light breeze
2012light breeze
2113light breeze
2213light breeze
2313light breeze
2413light breeze
2513light breeze
2613light breeze
2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 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 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:21 AM to 7:15 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.87:215:06
29.87:215:07
39.87:215:08
49.87:215:09
59.87:225:09
69.87:225:10
79.87:225:11
89.87:225:12
99.87:225:12
109.97:225:13
119.97:225:14
129.97:225:15
139.97:225:16
149.97:215:17
159.97:215:18
1610.07:215:18
1710.07:215:19
1810.07:215:20
1910.07:205:21
2010.07:205:22
2110.17:205:23
2210.17:195:24
2310.17:195:25
2410.17:195:26
2510.17:185:27
2610.27:185:28
2710.27:175:29
2810.27:175:30
2910.27:165:31
3010.37:165:32
3110.37:155:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.15 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.8Moderate
22.9Moderate
32.9Moderate
42.9Moderate
52.9Moderate
62.9Moderate
72.9Moderate
83.0Moderate
93.0Moderate
103.0Moderate
113.0Moderate
123.1Moderate
133.1Moderate
143.1Moderate
153.1Moderate
163.2Moderate
173.2Moderate
183.2Moderate
193.2Moderate
203.3Moderate
213.3Moderate
223.3Moderate
233.3Moderate
243.4Moderate
253.4Moderate
263.4Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ḩadīthah

In seasonPeak

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

Ḩadīthah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

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

Is January a good time to visit Ḩadīthah?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ḩadīthah for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ḩadīthah in January

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

In January, Ḩadīthah sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ḩadīthah 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 Ḩadīthah peaks around June 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 16 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 10Jan 16UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ḩadīthah 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 Ḩadīthah is worst in July — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 35 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1879 µg/m³Nov 2035 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar50Poor
Apr53Poor
May62Unhealthy
Jun70Unhealthy
Jul80Unhealthy
Aug73Unhealthy
Sep56Unhealthy
Oct44Poor
Nov35Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ḩadīthah?

Ḩadīthah sits at 34.1°N, 42.4°E, 121 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is ‘Anah, 45 km away.

‘Anat al QadīmahHītRamadiAl Qā’imTikrītBayjīAl-'Alam

Topography around Ḩadīthah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ḩadīthah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 124 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m.

The land around Ḩadīthah is covered by bare terrain (62%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (80%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
126 m
80 km
352 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: ‘Anah 45 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 54 km · Hīt 69 km · Ramadi 117 km · Al Qā’im 131 km · Tikrīt 131 km · Bayjī 135 km · Al-'Alam 137 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
Christian 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 Ḩadīthah (34.1366°, 42.3773°, elevation 121 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).