Ar Rayāyinah weather in January

In January, Ar Rayāyinah sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 19 mm of precipitation across 3.9 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 56% 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 Ar Rayāyinah's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ar Rayāyinah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 19 mm; 3.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 8:16 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 11th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.42 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 Ar Rayāyinah reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°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 19°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	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How January really feels in Ar Rayāyinah

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.

Ar Rayāyinah 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° / 7°	19	3.9	10.1	5.5
Feb	16° / 7°	22	3.8	10.8	6.3
Mar	20° / 10°	18	3.4	11.8	7.8
Apr	25° / 14°	8	1.8	12.8	8.6
May	29° / 18°	6	1.3	13.6	6.9
Jun	33° / 21°	2	0.4	14.1	4.5
Jul	35° / 23°	0	0	13.9	3.5
Aug	35° / 23°	2	0.3	13.2	3.5
Sep	32° / 21°	8	1.7	12.2	5.0
Oct	27° / 18°	16	3	11.2	7.6
Nov	21° / 12°	11	2.3	10.4	8.1
Dec	16° / 8°	16	3.6	9.9	6.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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 (%)	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	71	71	70	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	69	70	70	72	72	72	72	74	74	74	74
Cloudier (%)	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	30	30	28	28	28	28	26	26	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ar Rayāyinah gets around 19 mm of rain and snow over 3.9 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 13% and peaks near 15% 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 (%)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15

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

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)	15	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	15	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 8:16 AM to 8:11 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:37 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	10.0	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	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:15	8:15	8:15	8:14	8:14	8:13	8:13	8:13	8:12	8:12	8:11
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	8:16	6:12
2	9.9	8:16	6:13
3	10.0	8:16	6:13
4	10.0	8:16	6:14
5	10.0	8:16	6:15
6	10.0	8:16	6:15
7	10.0	8:17	6:16
8	10.0	8:17	6:17
9	10.0	8:17	6:18
10	10.0	8:17	6:18
11	10.0	8:17	6:19
12	10.1	8:17	6:20
13	10.1	8:17	6:21
14	10.1	8:17	6:22
15	10.1	8:16	6:23
16	10.1	8:16	6:23
17	10.1	8:16	6:24
18	10.2	8:16	6:25
19	10.2	8:16	6:26
20	10.2	8:16	6:27
21	10.2	8:15	6:28
22	10.2	8:15	6:29
23	10.2	8:15	6:30
24	10.3	8:14	6:30
25	10.3	8:14	6:31
26	10.3	8:13	6:32
27	10.3	8:13	6:33
28	10.4	8:13	6:34
29	10.4	8:12	6:35
30	10.4	8:12	6:36
31	10.4	8:11	6:37

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 3.42 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)	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	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	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8
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	3.1	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ar Rayāyinah

In seasonPeak

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

Ar Rayāyinah sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ar Rayāyinah?

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

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ar Rayāyinah for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ar Rayāyinah in January

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

In January, Ar Rayāyinah sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ar Rayāyinah 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 Ar Rayāyinah peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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	8	7	8	12	10	11	9	8	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Ar Rayāyinah 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 Ar Rayāyinah is worst in April — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× 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)	55	52	58	70	52	42	29	29	34	38	42	45
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	58	Unhealthy
Apr	70	Unhealthy
May	52	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ar Rayāyinah?

Ar Rayāyinah sits at 32.0°N, 12.4°E, 548 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Zintan, 14 km away.

Topography around Ar Rayāyinah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ar Rayāyinah has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 528 m around an average of 483 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 634 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 901 m.

The land around Ar Rayāyinah is covered by bare terrain (59%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (61%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

528 m

bare terrain 59%

16 km

634 m

bare terrain 61%

80 km

901 m

bare terrain 78%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Zintan 14 km · Yafran 17 km · Al Aşābi‘ah 48 km · Gharyan 65 km · Al Qawāsim 69 km · Al Ajaylat 81 km · An Nāşirīyah 83 km · Şurmān 84 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 Ar Rayāyinah (32.0268°, 12.3564°, elevation 548 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	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	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