Nālūt weather in January

In January, Nālūt sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 10 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 62% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nālūt's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nālūt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 10 mm; 2.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 8:21 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 9th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Nālūt is town in Libya.

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 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Nālūt reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°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 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	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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How January really feels in Nālūt

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.

Nālūt weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	10	2.1	10.2	5.7
Feb	17° / 7°	11	2.3	10.8	6.8
Mar	21° / 10°	12	2.4	11.8	8.2
Apr	26° / 14°	5	1.1	12.8	8.6
May	30° / 18°	4	0.9	13.6	6.3
Jun	34° / 21°	2	0.2	14	3.9
Jul	36° / 23°	0	0.1	13.9	2.7
Aug	36° / 24°	1	0.4	13.2	2.8
Sep	33° / 22°	6	1.1	12.2	4.6
Oct	28° / 17°	11	1.8	11.2	7.7
Nov	21° / 12°	8	1.8	10.4	8.3
Dec	16° / 7°	11	2.1	10	6.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 24%.

	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 (%)	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	76	76	75	75	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	73	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	76
Cloudier (%)	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	24	24	25	25	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Nālūt gets around 10 mm of rain over 2.1 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 8% and peaks near 9% 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

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 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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	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	16	16	16	16	16
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	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:21 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:43 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)	10.0	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	10.1	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	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:19	8:19	8:18	8:18	8:17	8:17	8:16
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	8:21	6:18
2	10.0	8:21	6:18
3	10.0	8:21	6:19
4	10.0	8:21	6:20
5	10.0	8:21	6:21
6	10.0	8:22	6:21
7	10.0	8:22	6:22
8	10.0	8:22	6:23
9	10.0	8:22	6:24
10	10.0	8:22	6:24
11	10.1	8:22	6:25
12	10.1	8:22	6:26
13	10.1	8:22	6:27
14	10.1	8:22	6:28
15	10.1	8:22	6:28
16	10.1	8:21	6:29
17	10.1	8:21	6:30
18	10.2	8:21	6:31
19	10.2	8:21	6:32
20	10.2	8:21	6:33
21	10.2	8:20	6:34
22	10.2	8:20	6:34
23	10.3	8:20	6:35
24	10.3	8:19	6:36
25	10.3	8:19	6:37
26	10.3	8:19	6:38
27	10.3	8:18	6:39
28	10.4	8:18	6:40
29	10.4	8:17	6:41
30	10.4	8:17	6:42
31	10.4	8:16	6:43

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 3.59 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)	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
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	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Nālūt

In seasonPeak

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

Nālūt sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), 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 Nālūt?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Nālūt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nālūt in January

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

In January, Nālūt sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Nālūt 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 Nālūt peaks around June 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	7	8	12	10	10	9	7	5	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	7	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Nālūt 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 Nālūt is worst in April — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 39 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)	50	53	67	91	73	62	44	44	45	42	39	40
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	91	Unhealthy
May	73	Unhealthy
Jun	62	Unhealthy
Jul	44	Poor
Aug	44	Poor
Sep	45	Poor
Oct	42	Poor
Nov	39	Poor
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Nālūt?

Nālūt sits at 31.9°N, 11.0°E, 637 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Zintan, 120 km away.

Topography around Nālūt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nālūt has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m around an average of 563 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m.

The land around Nālūt is covered by bare terrain (82%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

300 m

bare terrain 82%

16 km

464 m

bare terrain 98%

80 km

622 m

bare terrain 100%

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

January weather nearby: Zintan 120 km · Tataouine 128 km · Ar Rayāyinah 131 km · Ben Gardane 143 km · Sīdī Bin Zīnah 148 km · Yafran 148 km · Al Jumayl 149 km · Zuwarah 157 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 Nālūt (31.8685°, 10.9812°, elevation 637 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	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	15	6
27	15	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	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