Al Kharj weather in January

In January, Al Kharj sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 72% 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 Al Kharj's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Kharj's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 2.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:40 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

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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 Al Kharj reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°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)	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

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

How January really feels in Al Kharj

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.

Al Kharj weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 9°	8	2.1	10.7	8.4
Feb	24° / 11°	7	1.4	11.2	9.0
Mar	29° / 16°	9	1.9	11.8	7.1
Apr	35° / 21°	11	1.9	12.5	3.5
May	40° / 26°	1	0.4	13.2	0.4
Jun	43° / 28°	0	0	13.5	0.0
Jul	44° / 29°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Aug	44° / 29°	0	0	12.8	0.0
Sep	41° / 25°	0	0	12.1	0.1
Oct	36° / 20°	1	0.2	11.4	3.1
Nov	28° / 15°	9	1.4	10.8	7.6
Dec	23° / 11°	9	1.7	10.5	8.8

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 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	84	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	83	83	83	85	85	85	85	85	87	87	87	87	88	88	88
Cloudier (%)	16	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al Kharj gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

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 98% 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 (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

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 6:38 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 5:10 PM to 5:30 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38
Sunset (PM)	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:38	5:10
2	10.5	6:38	5:10
3	10.5	6:38	5:11
4	10.5	6:39	5:12
5	10.6	6:39	5:12
6	10.6	6:39	5:13
7	10.6	6:39	5:14
8	10.6	6:40	5:14
9	10.6	6:40	5:15
10	10.6	6:40	5:16
11	10.6	6:40	5:16
12	10.6	6:40	5:17
13	10.6	6:40	5:18
14	10.6	6:40	5:18
15	10.6	6:40	5:19
16	10.7	6:40	5:20
17	10.7	6:40	5:20
18	10.7	6:40	5:21
19	10.7	6:40	5:22
20	10.7	6:40	5:22
21	10.7	6:40	5:23
22	10.7	6:40	5:24
23	10.7	6:40	5:25
24	10.8	6:40	5:25
25	10.8	6:39	5:26
26	10.8	6:39	5:27
27	10.8	6:39	5:27
28	10.8	6:39	5:28
29	10.8	6:38	5:29
30	10.9	6:38	5:30
31	10.9	6:38	5:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.45 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	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
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	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al Kharj

In seasonPeak

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

Al Kharj 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 Al Kharj?

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

8.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al Kharj in January

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

In January, Al Kharj sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Al Kharj 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 Al Kharj peaks around July 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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)	6	7	9	7	10	9	11	10	9	9	6	4
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Al Kharj 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 Al Kharj is worst in March — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (October, 38 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)	51	57	72	71	68	60	59	52	42	38	44	47
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	57	Unhealthy
Mar	72	Unhealthy
Apr	71	Unhealthy
May	68	Unhealthy
Jun	60	Unhealthy
Jul	59	Unhealthy
Aug	52	Poor
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Al Kharj?

Al Kharj sits at 24.2°N, 47.3°E, 438 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ad Dilam, 25 km away.

Topography around Al Kharj

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Kharj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 439 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 670 m.

The land around Al Kharj is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) and bare terrain (27%) within 3 km, bare terrain (82%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

artificial surfaces 71%

16 km

121 m

bare terrain 82%

80 km

670 m

bare terrain 96%

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

January weather nearby: Ad Dilam 25 km · Riyadh 86 km · Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm 87 km · ‘Irqah 94 km · Ad Dir‘īyah 104 km · Rumāḩ 158 km · Laylá 216 km · Shaqra 243 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 Al Kharj (24.1554°, 47.3346°, elevation 438 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	22	9
2	22	9
3	22	9
4	22	9
5	22	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	9
27	22	10
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2