Abha weather in January

In January, Abha sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 21 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Abha's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 21 mm; 4.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:49 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Abha is city in Saudi Arabia.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Abha reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13

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

Abha weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 12°	21	4.9	11	7.7
Feb	22° / 14°	14	3.9	11.4	8.3
Mar	24° / 16°	29	7.3	11.9	8.0
Apr	26° / 17°	55	12	12.4	6.8
May	28° / 19°	97	19.8	12.8	5.0
Jun	30° / 21°	78	15.8	13.1	4.4
Jul	30° / 21°	76	14.6	13	4.7
Aug	29° / 20°	218	25.5	12.6	3.9
Sep	28° / 18°	190	24.6	12.1	4.2
Oct	26° / 15°	36	9.8	11.6	7.3
Nov	23° / 14°	20	6.5	11.1	8.0
Dec	21° / 12°	11	3.6	10.9	8.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

	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 (%)	88	86	86	86	85	85	84	84	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	83	83	84	84	86	86	87	87	87	89	89	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	12	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Abha gets around 21 mm of rain over 4.9 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 16% and peaks near 20% 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 (%)	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13

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

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 96% 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 (%)	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 5:59 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)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48
Sunset (PM)	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:45	5:41
2	10.9	6:46	5:41
3	10.9	6:46	5:42
4	10.9	6:46	5:43
5	10.9	6:47	5:43
6	10.9	6:47	5:44
7	11.0	6:47	5:44
8	11.0	6:47	5:45
9	11.0	6:48	5:46
10	11.0	6:48	5:46
11	11.0	6:48	5:47
12	11.0	6:48	5:47
13	11.0	6:48	5:48
14	11.0	6:49	5:49
15	11.0	6:49	5:49
16	11.0	6:49	5:50
17	11.0	6:49	5:50
18	11.0	6:49	5:51
19	11.0	6:49	5:52
20	11.1	6:49	5:52
21	11.1	6:49	5:53
22	11.1	6:49	5:53
23	11.1	6:49	5:54
24	11.1	6:49	5:55
25	11.1	6:49	5:55
26	11.1	6:49	5:56
27	11.1	6:49	5:56
28	11.1	6:49	5:57
29	11.2	6:48	5:57
30	11.2	6:48	5:58
31	11.2	6:48	5:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.91 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.91 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)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2
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	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Abha

In seasonPeak

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

Abha's monsoon runs August–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Abha sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Abha?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Abha for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Abha in January

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

In January, Abha sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Abha in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abha peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (very high).

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)	9	12	13	14	11	12	12	12	11	11	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Abha 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 Abha is worst in July — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 25 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)	29	34	35	37	38	47	48	45	40	29	25	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	47	Poor
Jul	48	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Abha?

Abha sits at 18.2°N, 42.5°E, 2,228 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Khamis Mushait, 26 km away.

Topography around Abha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abha has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 m around an average of 2,215 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,026 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,979 m.

The land around Abha is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), bare terrain (32%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

627 m

artificial surfaces 42%

16 km

2,026 m

grassland 36%

80 km

2,979 m

bare terrain 70%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Khamis Mushait 26 km · Sarāt ‘Abīdah 68 km · Bariq 100 km · An Nimas 111 km · Şabyā 119 km · Fayfā’ 124 km · Ḑamad 127 km · Abū ‘Arīsh 143 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $34,537; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2019
Road deaths: 35.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 404

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 Abha (18.2164°, 42.5053°, elevation 2,228 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	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	21	12
13	20	12
14	20	12
15	20	12
16	20	12
17	21	12
18	21	12
19	21	12
20	21	12
21	21	12
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	21	12
25	21	12
26	21	12
27	21	12
28	21	12
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3