Jericho weather in January

In January, Jericho sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 56 mm of rain across 8.2 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 Jericho's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jericho's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 56 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 6:44 AM – 4:51 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Jericho is city in West Bank, Palestine.

Density: 335/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~9600 BCE

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 17°C through the month.

A typical January day in Jericho reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 20°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How January really feels in Jericho

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.

Jericho 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	17° / 11°	56	8.2	10.2	5.9
Feb	18° / 12°	45	7.8	10.8	6.3
Mar	21° / 14°	29	5.7	11.8	7.5
Apr	25° / 16°	9	2.6	12.8	8.4
May	30° / 20°	4	0.8	13.6	6.7
Jun	33° / 23°	1	0.1	14	4.9
Jul	35° / 25°	0	0	13.9	3.6
Aug	35° / 25°	0	0	13.2	3.5
Sep	33° / 24°	1	0.2	12.2	4.7
Oct	30° / 21°	5	1.7	11.2	6.7
Nov	24° / 16°	18	4	10.4	8.1
Dec	19° / 13°	37	6.7	10	6.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Jericho gets around 56 mm of rain over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30

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

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	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
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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
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29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

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 6:43 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 4:40 PM to 5:05 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)	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38
Sunset (PM)	4:40	4:41	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	6:43	4:40
2	10.0	6:43	4:41
3	10.0	6:43	4:41
4	10.0	6:43	4:42
5	10.0	6:44	4:43
6	10.0	6:44	4:43
7	10.0	6:44	4:44
8	10.0	6:44	4:45
9	10.0	6:44	4:46
10	10.0	6:44	4:46
11	10.1	6:44	4:47
12	10.1	6:44	4:48
13	10.1	6:44	4:49
14	10.1	6:44	4:50
15	10.1	6:44	4:51
16	10.1	6:44	4:51
17	10.1	6:43	4:52
18	10.2	6:43	4:53
19	10.2	6:43	4:54
20	10.2	6:43	4:55
21	10.2	6:43	4:56
22	10.2	6:42	4:57
23	10.3	6:42	4:57
24	10.3	6:42	4:58
25	10.3	6:41	4:59
26	10.3	6:41	5:00
27	10.3	6:40	5:01
28	10.4	6:40	5:02
29	10.4	6:39	5:03
30	10.4	6:39	5:04
31	10.4	6:38	5:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.14 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)	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	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	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5
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	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Jericho

In seasonPeak

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

Jericho sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Mar

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May

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Jericho?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Jericho for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jericho in January

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

In January, Jericho sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Jericho 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 Jericho peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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	4	6	7	10	11	10	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	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Jericho 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 Jericho is worst in December — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 35 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)	68	68	63	58	50	40	35	36	41	48	64	70
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	68	Unhealthy
Feb	68	Unhealthy
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	58	Unhealthy
May	50	Poor
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	35	Poor
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	41	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	64	Unhealthy
Dec	70	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Jericho?

Jericho sits at 31.9°N, 35.5°E, -233 m above sea level, in Palestinian Territory. The nearest listed city is Ma‘ale Adummim, 17 km away.

Topography around Jericho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jericho has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m around an average of -191 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,209 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,660 m.

The land around Jericho is covered by bare terrain (40%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (48%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (30%) and bare terrain (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

434 m

bare terrain 40%

16 km

1,209 m

bare terrain 48%

80 km

1,660 m

grassland 30%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Ma‘ale Adummim 17 km · Al ‘Ayzarīyah 20 km · Ar Rām wa Ḑāḩiyat al Barīd 20 km · Bayt Ḩanīnā 22 km · Shu‘fāţ 22 km · ‘Aţārūt 22 km · East Jerusalem 22 km · Al Bīrah 23 km

Palestinian Territory travel facts

Power plugs: Type C / H; 230 V · 50 Hz
GDP per capita: $3,171; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 81%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2016
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 463

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 Jericho (31.8667°, 35.45°, elevation -233 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	12
2	17	11
3	17	11
4	17	11
5	17	11
6	17	11
7	17	11
8	17	11
9	17	11
10	17	11
11	17	11
12	17	11
13	17	11
14	17	11
15	17	11
16	17	11
17	17	11
18	17	11
19	17	11
20	17	11
21	17	11
22	17	11
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	11
26	17	11
27	17	11
28	17	11
29	17	11
30	17	11
31	17	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0