Wādī 'Utbah weather in January

In January, Wādī 'Utbah sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Wādī 'Utbah's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wādī 'Utbah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:59 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

← December Wādī 'Utbah 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical January day in Wādī 'Utbah reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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

How January really feels in Wādī 'Utbah

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.

Wādī 'Utbah 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	18° / 4°	2	0.4	10.5	7.8
Feb	21° / 6°	1	0.4	11.1	8.7
Mar	26° / 11°	2	0.3	11.8	8.9
Apr	32° / 17°	0	0.1	12.6	5.4
May	36° / 21°	1	0.2	13.3	2.7
Jun	39° / 24°	0	0.1	13.6	1.0
Jul	38° / 24°	0	0	13.5	1.2
Aug	38° / 24°	0	0	12.9	1.3
Sep	37° / 22°	0	0	12.2	2.4
Oct	31° / 17°	1	0.2	11.4	6.0
Nov	24° / 10°	0	0.1	10.7	9.0
Dec	19° / 5°	1	0.2	10.4	8.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

	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 (%)	83	83	83	83	83	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Wādī 'Utbah gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 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 rain averages around 2% and peaks near 2% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 13 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 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 7:57 AM to 7:56 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:42 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:57	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:57	6:21
2	10.4	7:57	6:21
3	10.4	7:58	6:22
4	10.4	7:58	6:23
5	10.4	7:58	6:23
6	10.4	7:58	6:24
7	10.4	7:59	6:25
8	10.4	7:59	6:25
9	10.5	7:59	6:26
10	10.5	7:59	6:27
11	10.5	7:59	6:27
12	10.5	7:59	6:28
13	10.5	7:59	6:29
14	10.5	7:59	6:30
15	10.5	7:59	6:30
16	10.5	7:59	6:31
17	10.5	7:59	6:32
18	10.6	7:59	6:32
19	10.6	7:59	6:33
20	10.6	7:59	6:34
21	10.6	7:59	6:35
22	10.6	7:58	6:35
23	10.6	7:58	6:36
24	10.6	7:58	6:37
25	10.7	7:58	6:38
26	10.7	7:58	6:39
27	10.7	7:57	6:39
28	10.7	7:57	6:40
29	10.7	7:57	6:41
30	10.8	7:56	6:42
31	10.8	7:56	6:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 4.56 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)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Wādī 'Utbah

In seasonPeak

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

Wādī 'Utbah sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Wādī 'Utbah?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Wādī 'Utbah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Wādī 'Utbah in January

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

In January, Wādī 'Utbah sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Wādī 'Utbah in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Wādī 'Utbah peaks around August 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 5 (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)	5	8	7	9	9	12	11	13	10	9	7	5
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	7	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Wādī 'Utbah 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 Wādī 'Utbah is worst in April — around 97 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (November, 31 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)	33	50	74	97	89	71	55	52	42	44	31	33
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	74	Unhealthy
Apr	97	Unhealthy
May	89	Unhealthy
Jun	71	Unhealthy
Jul	55	Unhealthy
Aug	52	Poor
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	44	Poor
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Wādī 'Utbah?

Wādī 'Utbah sits at 26.1°N, 13.6°E, 491 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Murzuk, 41 km away.

Topography around Wādī 'Utbah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wādī 'Utbah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 463 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 342 m.

The land around Wādī 'Utbah is covered by bare terrain (82%) within 3 km, bare terrain (94%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

bare terrain 82%

16 km

56 m

bare terrain 94%

80 km

342 m

bare terrain 99%

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← December Wādī 'Utbah year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Murzuk 41 km · Al Ghurayfah 72 km · Ubari 95 km · Al Jadīd 135 km · Sabha 136 km · Brak 177 km · Hūn 411 km · Mizdah 598 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 Wādī 'Utbah (26.095°, 13.5574°, elevation 491 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	17	3
2	17	3
3	17	3
4	17	3
5	17	3
6	17	3
7	17	3
8	17	3
9	17	3
10	17	3
11	18	3
12	18	3
13	18	4
14	18	4
15	18	4
16	18	4
17	18	4
18	18	4
19	18	4
20	18	4
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	19	4
24	19	4
25	19	4
26	19	4
27	19	4
28	19	4
29	19	5
30	19	5
31	19	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	84	16
31	85	15

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

	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