Ramallah weather in January

In January, Ramallah sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 103 mm of rain across 12 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 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 Ramallah's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ramallah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 103 mm; 12 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 6:45 AM – 4:52 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Ramallah is city in the State of Palestine.

Density: 2,692/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1501

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 Ramallah 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 12°C and 19°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)	16	16	16	16	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	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	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
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 Ramallah

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.

Ramallah 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	15° / 6°	103	12	10.2	4.7
Feb	16° / 7°	92	10.5	10.8	5.3
Mar	20° / 9°	63	8.1	11.8	6.8
Apr	24° / 12°	26	4.3	12.8	8.2
May	28° / 15°	11	2.4	13.6	7.5
Jun	32° / 18°	2	0.6	14	5.8
Jul	33° / 21°	1	0.1	13.9	4.6
Aug	34° / 21°	0	0.1	13.2	4.4
Sep	32° / 20°	4	1.3	12.2	5.3
Oct	29° / 17°	24	4.9	11.2	6.9
Nov	22° / 12°	51	7.3	10.4	7.4
Dec	17° / 8°	79	9.5	10	5.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 36%.

	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	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ramallah gets around 103 mm of rain over 12 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 38% and peaks near 40% 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 (%)	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	39
31	39

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 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 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)	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	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	8	calm

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 6:44 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 4:41 PM to 5:06 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	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)	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39
Sunset (PM)	4:41	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	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	5:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	6:44	4:41
2	10.0	6:44	4:41
3	10.0	6:44	4:42
4	10.0	6:45	4:43
5	10.0	6:45	4:44
6	10.0	6:45	4:44
7	10.0	6:45	4:45
8	10.0	6:45	4:46
9	10.0	6:45	4:47
10	10.0	6:45	4:47
11	10.1	6:45	4:48
12	10.1	6:45	4:49
13	10.1	6:45	4:50
14	10.1	6:45	4:51
15	10.1	6:45	4:51
16	10.1	6:45	4:52
17	10.1	6:44	4:53
18	10.2	6:44	4:54
19	10.2	6:44	4:55
20	10.2	6:44	4:56
21	10.2	6:44	4:57
22	10.2	6:43	4:57
23	10.3	6:43	4:58
24	10.3	6:43	4:59
25	10.3	6:42	5:00
26	10.3	6:42	5:01
27	10.3	6:41	5:02
28	10.4	6:41	5:03
29	10.4	6:40	5:04
30	10.4	6:40	5:05
31	10.4	6:39	5:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.06 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)	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	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	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4
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	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ramallah?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ramallah for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ramallah in January

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

In January, Ramallah sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ramallah in January

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 55 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 1 to Dec 27 — about 7.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	19	18	18	19	21	25	27	28	28	26	24	21
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	19	Cool
May	21	Refreshing
Jun	25	Warm
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	28	Tropical
Sep	28	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	24	Refreshing
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Ramallah 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 Ramallah peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 Ramallah 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 Ramallah is worst in December — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 40 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)	81	85	80	75	61	49	41	40	46	57	79	86
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	81	Unhealthy
Feb	85	Unhealthy
Mar	80	Unhealthy
Apr	75	Unhealthy
May	61	Unhealthy
Jun	49	Poor
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	57	Unhealthy
Nov	79	Unhealthy
Dec	86	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ramallah?

Ramallah sits at 31.9°N, 35.2°E, 879 m above sea level, in Palestinian Territory. The nearest listed city is Al Bīrah, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Ramallah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ramallah has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 292 m around an average of 807 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 978 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,660 m.

The land around Ramallah is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

292 m

artificial surfaces 55%

16 km

978 m

grassland 42%

80 km

1,660 m

grassland 27%

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

January weather nearby: Al Bīrah 2.0 km · ‘Aţārūt 4.0 km · Ar Rām wa Ḑāḩiyat al Barīd 6.0 km · Bayt Ḩanīnā 8.0 km · Shu‘fāţ 9.0 km · East Jerusalem 13 km · Old City 14 km · Al ‘Ayzarīyah 16 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 Ramallah (31.8996°, 35.2042°, elevation 879 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
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	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	39
31	39

	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	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
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	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	39
31	39

	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	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
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	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	39
31	39

	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