Khamis Mushait weather in January

In January, Khamis Mushait sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 24 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 73% 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 Khamis Mushait's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khamis Mushait's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 24 mm; 4.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:48 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Khamis Mushait is city in Saudi Arabia.

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

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

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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 Khamis Mushait reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

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

Khamis Mushait weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 10°	24	4.2	11	7.8
Feb	22° / 12°	17	3.5	11.4	8.2
Mar	23° / 13°	40	9.1	11.9	7.7
Apr	25° / 15°	58	10.9	12.4	7.1
May	28° / 17°	46	11.5	12.8	6.3
Jun	30° / 19°	26	7.6	13.1	5.5
Jul	29° / 20°	61	13.6	13	5.0
Aug	28° / 19°	114	23.4	12.6	4.2
Sep	28° / 17°	35	10.3	12.1	6.4
Oct	26° / 14°	8	1.5	11.6	8.9
Nov	23° / 12°	8	2.3	11.1	8.8
Dec	21° / 10°	6	1.3	10.9	8.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	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 (%)	89	89	89	88	87	87	86	85	84	83	83	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	86	86	87	88	88	88	89	90	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	86	14
8	85	15
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Khamis Mushait gets around 24 mm of rain over 4.2 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 13% and peaks near 17% 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 (%)	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11

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

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 8 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	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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
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25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	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 6:47 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:58 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	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	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	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:45	5:40
2	10.9	6:45	5:40
3	10.9	6:45	5:41
4	10.9	6:46	5:42
5	10.9	6:46	5:42
6	10.9	6:46	5:43
7	10.9	6:46	5:43
8	11.0	6:47	5:44
9	11.0	6:47	5:44
10	11.0	6:47	5:45
11	11.0	6:47	5:46
12	11.0	6:47	5:46
13	11.0	6:48	5:47
14	11.0	6:48	5:47
15	11.0	6:48	5:48
16	11.0	6:48	5:49
17	11.0	6:48	5:49
18	11.0	6:48	5:50
19	11.0	6:48	5:51
20	11.0	6:48	5:51
21	11.1	6:48	5:52
22	11.1	6:48	5:52
23	11.1	6:48	5:53
24	11.1	6:48	5:54
25	11.1	6:48	5:54
26	11.1	6:48	5:55
27	11.1	6:48	5:55
28	11.1	6:48	5:56
29	11.1	6:48	5:56
30	11.2	6:47	5:57
31	11.2	6:47	5:58

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.1 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.1 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Khamis Mushait

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Is January a good time to visit Khamis Mushait?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Khamis Mushait in January

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

In January, Khamis Mushait sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Khamis Mushait in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khamis Mushait peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (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)	10	13	14	15	12	13	13	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Khamis Mushait 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 Khamis Mushait 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 Khamis Mushait?

Khamis Mushait sits at 18.3°N, 42.7°E, 1,998 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Abha, 26 km away.

Topography around Khamis Mushait

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khamis Mushait has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 2,006 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,916 m.

The land around Khamis Mushait is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (80%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

64 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

410 m

bare terrain 80%

80 km

2,916 m

bare terrain 73%

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

January weather nearby: Abha 26 km · Sarāt ‘Abīdah 48 km · Bariq 110 km · An Nimas 114 km · Fayfā’ 121 km · Şabyā 128 km · Ḑamad 133 km · Abū ‘Arīsh 148 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 Khamis Mushait (18.3°, 42.7333°, elevation 1,998 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	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	86	14
8	85	15
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	86	14
8	85	15
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	86	14
8	85	15
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	87	13
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	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