Sabt Alalayah weather in January

In January, Sabt Alalayah sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 32 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sabt Alalayah's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sabt Alalayah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 4.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:53 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; 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 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sabt Alalayah reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
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	13	13	13	13	13

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

How January really feels in Sabt Alalayah

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.

Sabt Alalayah 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 12°	32	4.9	11	8.0
Feb	24° / 14°	17	3	11.3	8.7
Mar	26° / 16°	24	5.1	11.9	8.2
Apr	29° / 18°	28	7.1	12.4	6.7
May	32° / 21°	37	11.8	12.9	4.4
Jun	34° / 23°	19	6.5	13.2	3.6
Jul	32° / 23°	21	7.3	13.1	4.1
Aug	32° / 22°	53	14.6	12.7	3.8
Sep	32° / 21°	46	11.8	12.1	4.2
Oct	29° / 18°	15	4.9	11.5	7.0
Nov	25° / 15°	7	2	11.1	8.8
Dec	23° / 13°	10	2.2	10.8	8.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	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	85	84	83	82	82	80	80	78	78	77	77	78	78	78	80	80	81	81	83	84	84	85	86	87	87	88	88	88
Cloudier (%)	12	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	20	20	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	20	20	19	19	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sabt Alalayah gets around 32 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 15% and peaks near 19% 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 (%)	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	11
3	11
4	12
5	12
6	13
7	14
8	14
9	15
10	16
11	16
12	17
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	19
17	19
18	18
19	18
20	18
21	18
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15
29	14
30	14
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 87% 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 (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	86	86	85	84	84	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	83
Comfortable (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	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
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
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 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 06 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 6:50 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 5:40 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)	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	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	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:50	5:40
2	10.8	6:51	5:41
3	10.8	6:51	5:42
4	10.9	6:51	5:42
5	10.9	6:51	5:43
6	10.9	6:52	5:43
7	10.9	6:52	5:44
8	10.9	6:52	5:45
9	10.9	6:52	5:45
10	10.9	6:53	5:46
11	10.9	6:53	5:46
12	10.9	6:53	5:47
13	10.9	6:53	5:48
14	10.9	6:53	5:48
15	10.9	6:53	5:49
16	10.9	6:53	5:50
17	10.9	6:53	5:50
18	11.0	6:53	5:51
19	11.0	6:53	5:51
20	11.0	6:53	5:52
21	11.0	6:53	5:53
22	11.0	6:53	5:53
23	11.0	6:53	5:54
24	11.0	6:53	5:55
25	11.0	6:53	5:55
26	11.0	6:53	5:56
27	11.1	6:53	5:56
28	11.1	6:53	5:57
29	11.1	6:53	5:58
30	11.1	6:52	5:58
31	11.1	6:52	5:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.79 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.79 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sabt Alalayah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Is January a good time to visit Sabt Alalayah?

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

5.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sabt Alalayah in January

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

In January, Sabt Alalayah sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Sabt Alalayah 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 Sabt Alalayah peaks around April 10 at about 13 (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	11	13	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

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

Air quality in Sabt Alalayah 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 Sabt Alalayah is worst in February — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	57	58	57	57	55	58	53	56	57	49	51	56
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	57	Unhealthy
Feb	58	Unhealthy
Mar	57	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	55	Poor
Jun	58	Unhealthy
Jul	53	Poor
Aug	56	Unhealthy
Sep	57	Unhealthy
Oct	49	Poor
Nov	51	Poor
Dec	56	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Sabt Alalayah?

Sabt Alalayah sits at 19.6°N, 42.0°E, 2,800 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is An Nimas, 51 km away.

Topography around Sabt Alalayah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sabt Alalayah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 2,002 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,821 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,643 m.

The land around Sabt Alalayah is covered by bare terrain (62%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

bare terrain 62%

16 km

1,821 m

bare terrain 56%

80 km

2,643 m

bare terrain 81%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: An Nimas 51 km · Baljurashi 53 km · Al Bahah 71 km · Bariq 72 km · Qal‘at Bīshah 82 km · Al ‘Aqīq 132 km · Abha 162 km · Khamis Mushait 163 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 Sabt Alalayah (19.5773°, 41.9636°, elevation 2,800 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	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	22	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	22	12
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	85	15
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	88	12
30	88	12
31	88	12

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17