Al Qawāsim weather in January

In January, Al Qawāsim sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 52% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Al Qawāsim's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Qawāsim's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 27 mm; 4.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 8:14 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 11th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

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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 Qawāsim reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°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)	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	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How January really feels in Al Qawāsim

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 Qawāsim weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 8°	27	4.9	10.1	5.5
Feb	17° / 8°	27	4.5	10.8	6.3
Mar	20° / 11°	23	3.9	11.8	7.7
Apr	25° / 14°	12	2.2	12.8	8.5
May	29° / 18°	6	1.2	13.6	7.1
Jun	33° / 21°	2	0.4	14.1	4.8
Jul	35° / 23°	0	0.1	13.9	3.9
Aug	35° / 23°	2	0.3	13.2	3.8
Sep	32° / 22°	10	2.3	12.2	5.0
Oct	28° / 18°	18	3.4	11.2	7.5
Nov	22° / 13°	13	2.6	10.4	8.1
Dec	17° / 9°	20	4.7	9.9	6.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 31%.

	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 (%)	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	69	68	68	67	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70
Cloudier (%)	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	31	32	32	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	69	31
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al Qawāsim gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.9 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 16% and peaks near 17% 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 (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 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 8:13 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:34 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	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	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:13	8:13	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:13	8:13	8:13	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:10	8:10	8:09	8:09
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	8:13	6:09
2	9.9	8:13	6:09
3	9.9	8:14	6:10
4	9.9	8:14	6:11
5	10.0	8:14	6:11
6	10.0	8:14	6:12
7	10.0	8:14	6:13
8	10.0	8:14	6:14
9	10.0	8:14	6:14
10	10.0	8:14	6:15
11	10.0	8:14	6:16
12	10.0	8:14	6:17
13	10.1	8:14	6:18
14	10.1	8:14	6:19
15	10.1	8:14	6:19
16	10.1	8:14	6:20
17	10.1	8:14	6:21
18	10.1	8:14	6:22
19	10.2	8:13	6:23
20	10.2	8:13	6:24
21	10.2	8:13	6:25
22	10.2	8:12	6:25
23	10.2	8:12	6:26
24	10.3	8:12	6:27
25	10.3	8:11	6:28
26	10.3	8:11	6:29
27	10.3	8:11	6:30
28	10.3	8:10	6:31
29	10.4	8:10	6:32
30	10.4	8:09	6:33
31	10.4	8:09	6:34

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 3.31 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)	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7
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	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al Qawāsim

In seasonPeak

None of Al Qawāsim'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 Qawāsim sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Al Qawāsim?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Al Qawāsim for sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Qawāsim in January

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

In January, Al Qawāsim sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Al Qawāsim in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Qawāsim peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	6	7	6	8	12	10	11	9	8	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Al Qawāsim 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 Qawāsim is worst in April — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (August, 29 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)	53	50	56	66	50	40	30	29	34	38	44	44
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	53	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	56	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	50	Poor
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Al Qawāsim?

Al Qawāsim sits at 32.2°N, 13.1°E, 537 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Gharyan, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Al Qawāsim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Qawāsim has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 295 m around an average of 572 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 684 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 952 m.

The land around Al Qawāsim is covered by grassland (62%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) and bare terrain (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (53%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

295 m

grassland 62%

16 km

684 m

grassland 67%

80 km

952 m

bare terrain 53%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Gharyan 4.0 km · Al Aşābi‘ah 25 km · Al ‘Azīzīyah 39 km · Yafran 52 km · An Nāşirīyah 53 km · Qaşr Bin Ghashīr 57 km · Az Zahrā’ 58 km · As Sawānī 59 km

Libya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 39% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,449; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths: 21.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 395
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 Qawāsim (32.1842°, 13.0604°, elevation 537 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	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	8
17	15	8
18	15	8
19	15	8
20	15	8
21	15	8
22	15	8
23	15	8
24	15	8
25	15	8
26	15	8
27	16	8
28	16	8
29	16	8
30	16	8
31	16	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	69	31
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	69	31
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	69	31
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	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