Habboûch weather in January

In January, Habboûch sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 121 mm of precipitation across 12.4 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 44% 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 Habboûch's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Habboûch's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 121 mm; 12.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 6:47 AM – 4:48 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Habboûch is place in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Habboûch reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°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 1°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)	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	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	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	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

Habboûch 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°	121	12.4	10	4.0
Feb	15° / 6°	120	11.1	10.8	4.3
Mar	17° / 8°	95	10	11.7	5.7
Apr	20° / 10°	52	6.4	12.8	7.2
May	24° / 14°	20	3.5	13.7	8.6
Jun	27° / 17°	3	1.1	14.2	8.9
Jul	29° / 20°	1	0.3	14	7.8
Aug	29° / 20°	1	0.4	13.2	7.4
Sep	28° / 18°	6	1.4	12.2	8.0
Oct	26° / 15°	26	4.9	11.2	8.1
Nov	21° / 11°	66	7.5	10.3	7.2
Dec	16° / 7°	102	9.7	9.8	5.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	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	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	62	62	61	60	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59
Cloudier (%)	37	37	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	38	38	39	40	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	60	40
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Habboûch gets around 121 mm of rain and snow over 12.4 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 39% and peaks near 41% 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 (%)	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

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 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

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 6:47 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 4:36 PM to 5:02 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	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	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41
Sunset (PM)	4:36	4:37	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	6:47	4:36
2	9.8	6:47	4:37
3	9.8	6:47	4:37
4	9.8	6:47	4:38
5	9.9	6:47	4:39
6	9.9	6:47	4:39
7	9.9	6:47	4:40
8	9.9	6:48	4:41
9	9.9	6:48	4:42
10	9.9	6:48	4:43
11	9.9	6:48	4:43
12	9.9	6:47	4:44
13	10.0	6:47	4:45
14	10.0	6:47	4:46
15	10.0	6:47	4:47
16	10.0	6:47	4:48
17	10.0	6:47	4:49
18	10.0	6:47	4:50
19	10.1	6:46	4:50
20	10.1	6:46	4:51
21	10.1	6:46	4:52
22	10.1	6:45	4:53
23	10.2	6:45	4:54
24	10.2	6:45	4:55
25	10.2	6:44	4:56
26	10.2	6:44	4:57
27	10.2	6:43	4:58
28	10.3	6:43	4:59
29	10.3	6:42	5:00
30	10.3	6:42	5:01
31	10.3	6:41	5:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.96 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	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	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	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	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	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.7	Moderate
5	2.7	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Habboûch

In seasonPeak

In January, Habboûch sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Habboûch's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Habboûch?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Habboûch for sightseeing.

What to pack for Habboûch in January

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

In January, Habboûch sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Habboûch in January

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 26 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in March near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 3 to Dec 24 — about 7.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	19	18	17	19	21	25	27	28	28	26	23	21
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	19	Cool
May	21	Refreshing
Jun	25	Warm
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	28	Tropical
Sep	28	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Habboûch 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 Habboûch peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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	4	5	7	9	11	11	10	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Habboûch 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 Habboûch is worst in April — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	28	34	39	45	38	28	21	19	20	23	28	26
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	45	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	26	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Habboûch?

Habboûch sits at 33.4°N, 35.5°E, 457 m above sea level, in Lebanon. The nearest listed city is Nabatîyé et Tahta, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Habboûch

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Habboûch has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m around an average of 443 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,432 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,033 m.

The land around Habboûch is covered by grassland (61%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (30%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

240 m

grassland 61%

16 km

1,432 m

grassland 49%

80 km

3,033 m

grassland 30%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Nabatîyé et Tahta 3.0 km · Ghazieh 16 km · Jezzine 18 km · Sidon 20 km · Tyre 31 km · Al Qunayţirah 45 km · En Nâqoûra 45 km · Aley 46 km

Lebanon travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B / C / D / G; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2024
GDP per capita: $4,473; 2024
Happiness: 3.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 48%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.2; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 16.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 477
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 Habboûch (33.4075°, 35.4818°, elevation 457 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. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	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	62	38
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	60	40
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	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	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	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	62	38
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	60	40
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	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	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	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	62	38
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	61	39
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	60	40
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	41
29	41
30	41
31	41

	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