Ad Dawādimī weather in January

In January, Ad Dawādimī sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ad Dawādimī's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad Dawādimī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:53 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
28%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Ad Dawādimī is human settlement in Saudi Arabia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ad Dawādimī reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Ad Dawādimī

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Ad Dawādimī weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 142.510.78.0
Feb23° / 11°61.311.18.9
Mar27° / 15°152.711.88.1
Apr32° / 19°183.912.64.9
May37° / 24°30.713.21.8
Jun40° / 27°0013.50.0
Jul41° / 27°0013.40.0
Aug41° / 28°0012.90.0
Sep39° / 25°0012.21.0
Oct33° / 20°20.411.44.6
Nov26° / 15°172.810.88.2
Dec22° / 11°91.810.58.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
27921
37921
47822
57822
67822
77723
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ad Dawādimī gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.5 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 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
37
47
58
68
79
89
99
109
119
1210
1310
149
159
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208
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257
266
276
286
296
306
315

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
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5991
6991
7991
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9991
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11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
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19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25982
26982
27982
28982
29991
30991
31991

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
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516light breeze
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916light breeze
1016light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 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 6:50 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.56:505:21
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310.56:515:22
410.56:515:23
510.56:515:23
610.56:525:24
710.56:525:25
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2010.76:525:34
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ad Dawādimī

In seasonPeak

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

Ad Dawādimī sees seasonal dust haze (February–September), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ad Dawādimī?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ad Dawādimī in January

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

In January, Ad Dawādimī sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Ad Dawādimī in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ad Dawādimī peaks around July 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 15UV 12Dec 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Ad Dawādimī 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 Ad Dawādimī is worst in March — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 39 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMar 1984 µg/m³Oct 939 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb71Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr77Unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun48Poor
Jul47Poor
Aug45Poor
Sep39Poor
Oct39Poor
Nov52Poor
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ad Dawādimī?

Ad Dawādimī sits at 24.5°N, 44.4°E, 975 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Shaqra, 119 km away.

Al MithnabAfifAr RassAl Badā’i‘ al WusţáUnaizahAl Khabrā’Riyāḑ al Khabrā’

Topography around Ad Dawādimī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad Dawādimī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 971 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m.

The land around Ad Dawādimī is covered by bare terrain (58%) and artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
234 m
80 km
540 m
croplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Shaqra 119 km · Al Mithnab 151 km · Afif 164 km · Ar Rass 176 km · Al Badā’i‘ al Wusţá 177 km · Unaizah 181 km · Al Khabrā’ 190 km · Riyāḑ al Khabrā’ 193 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 Ad Dawādimī (24.5077°, 44.3924°, elevation 975 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).