Kelar weather in January

In January, Kelar sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 99 mm of precipitation across 9.6 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 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 Kelar's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kelar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 99 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:10 AM – 5:06 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

← December Kelar 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 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kelar 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 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°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	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How January really feels in Kelar

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.

Kelar 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	14° / 5°	99	9.6	9.9	4.4
Feb	16° / 7°	81	9	10.7	5.3
Mar	21° / 10°	79	8.1	11.7	7.1
Apr	27° / 15°	47	5.8	12.8	7.1
May	34° / 21°	12	2.4	13.8	3.4
Jun	41° / 25°	0	0.1	14.3	0.1
Jul	44° / 28°	0	0.1	14.1	0.0
Aug	44° / 28°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	39° / 24°	1	0.1	12.2	0.8
Oct	32° / 19°	26	2.2	11.1	5.1
Nov	22° / 12°	65	6.2	10.2	7.6
Dec	16° / 7°	91	8.1	9.7	5.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	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 (%)	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64
Cloudier (%)	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kelar gets around 99 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 precipitation averages around 30% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34

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

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 7:10 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 4:53 PM to 5:20 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	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	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)	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04
Sunset (PM)	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	7:10	4:53
2	9.7	7:11	4:54
3	9.7	7:11	4:55
4	9.7	7:11	4:56
5	9.8	7:11	4:56
6	9.8	7:11	4:57
7	9.8	7:11	4:58
8	9.8	7:11	4:59
9	9.8	7:11	4:59
10	9.8	7:11	5:00
11	9.8	7:11	5:01
12	9.8	7:11	5:02
13	9.9	7:11	5:03
14	9.9	7:11	5:04
15	9.9	7:11	5:05
16	9.9	7:10	5:06
17	9.9	7:10	5:06
18	10.0	7:10	5:07
19	10.0	7:10	5:08
20	10.0	7:09	5:09
21	10.0	7:09	5:10
22	10.0	7:09	5:11
23	10.1	7:08	5:12
24	10.1	7:08	5:13
25	10.1	7:07	5:14
26	10.1	7:07	5:15
27	10.2	7:07	5:16
28	10.2	7:06	5:17
29	10.2	7:05	5:18
30	10.2	7:05	5:19
31	10.3	7:04	5:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.89 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)	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	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	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3
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	2.6	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.7	Moderate
5	2.7	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kelar

In seasonPeak

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

Kelar sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kelar?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kelar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kelar in January

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

In January, Kelar sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Kelar in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kelar 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 2 (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)	2	3	4	6	8	10	7	9	7	5	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	7	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Kelar 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 Kelar is worst in May — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), 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	52	50	53	49	47	47	46	46	43	44
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	52	Poor
Apr	50	Poor
May	53	Poor
Jun	49	Poor
Jul	47	Poor
Aug	47	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	46	Poor
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kelar?

Kelar sits at 34.6°N, 45.3°E, 216 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Qaşr-e Shīrīn, 27 km away.

Topography around Kelar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kelar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 222 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 304 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,505 m.

The land around Kelar is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), cropland (23%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, cropland (34%), bare terrain (33%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and bare terrain (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

47 m

artificial surfaces 36%

16 km

304 m

cropland 34%

80 km

2,505 m

grassland 51%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Qaşr-e Shīrīn 27 km · Khānaqīn 32 km · Kifrī 33 km · Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb 53 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 69 km · Al Miqdādīyah 80 km · Halabja 86 km · Mandalī 100 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 Kelar (34.6281°, 45.3185°, elevation 216 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	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	14	5
20	14	5
21	14	5
22	14	5
23	14	5
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

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