Sakakah weather in January

In January, Sakakah sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 2.2 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°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 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sakakah's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sakakah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 10 mm; 2.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:20 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Sakakah is capital city of Al Jawf Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia, one of the oldest inhabited oasis sites in the Arabian Peninsula.

Density: 1,283/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~3 BCE

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 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sakakah reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°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)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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

How January really feels in Sakakah

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.

Sakakah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 4°	10	2.2	10.3	6.0
Feb	18° / 6°	6	1.3	10.9	7.6
Mar	23° / 10°	6	1.1	11.8	8.9
Apr	29° / 15°	3	0.8	12.7	7.4
May	34° / 20°	1	0.3	13.5	3.9
Jun	38° / 24°	0	0	13.9	1.1
Jul	40° / 26°	0	0	13.7	0.0
Aug	41° / 26°	0	0	13.1	0.0
Sep	38° / 23°	0	0	12.2	1.6
Oct	32° / 18°	1	0.3	11.3	5.7
Nov	23° / 11°	10	1.6	10.5	8.5
Dec	17° / 6°	7	1.5	10.1	7.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. 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 (%)	73	74	73	73	74	74	74	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	82	82
Cloudier (%)	27	26	27	27	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sakakah gets around 10 mm of rain and snow over 2.2 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 7% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	8
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	7
16	7
17	7
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 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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 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)	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
Feels	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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:19 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:49 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)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16
Sunset (PM)	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:19	5:25
2	10.1	7:20	5:26
3	10.1	7:20	5:27
4	10.1	7:20	5:27
5	10.1	7:20	5:28
6	10.1	7:20	5:29
7	10.2	7:20	5:30
8	10.2	7:21	5:30
9	10.2	7:21	5:31
10	10.2	7:21	5:32
11	10.2	7:21	5:33
12	10.2	7:21	5:33
13	10.2	7:21	5:34
14	10.2	7:21	5:35
15	10.3	7:21	5:36
16	10.3	7:20	5:36
17	10.3	7:20	5:37
18	10.3	7:20	5:38
19	10.3	7:20	5:39
20	10.3	7:20	5:40
21	10.4	7:20	5:41
22	10.4	7:19	5:41
23	10.4	7:19	5:42
24	10.4	7:19	5:43
25	10.4	7:18	5:44
26	10.4	7:18	5:45
27	10.5	7:18	5:46
28	10.5	7:17	5:47
29	10.5	7:17	5:47
30	10.5	7:16	5:48
31	10.6	7:16	5:49

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.88 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)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sakakah

In seasonPeak

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

Sakakah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Sakakah?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Sakakah for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sakakah in January

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

In January, Sakakah sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Sakakah in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sakakah peaks around July 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 4 (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)	4	6	7	7	8	11	12	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Sakakah 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 Sakakah is worst in May — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 47 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	75	75	76	63	57	55	54	59	49	47
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	57	Unhealthy
Mar	75	Unhealthy
Apr	75	Unhealthy
May	76	Unhealthy
Jun	63	Unhealthy
Jul	57	Unhealthy
Aug	55	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	59	Unhealthy
Nov	49	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Sakakah?

Sakakah sits at 30.0°N, 40.2°E, 555 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Arar, 137 km away.

Topography around Sakakah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sakakah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 559 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m.

The land around Sakakah is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and bare terrain (40%) within 3 km, bare terrain (89%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

100 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

266 m

bare terrain 89%

80 km

298 m

bare terrain 99%

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

January weather nearby: Arar 137 km · Ţubarjal 200 km · Ţurayf 240 km · Turaif 240 km · Taymā’ 307 km · Ha'il 308 km · Baq‘ā’ 313 km · Qurayyat 313 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 Sakakah (29.9697°, 40.2064°, elevation 555 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	16	4
2	16	4
3	16	4
4	16	4
5	15	4
6	15	4
7	15	4
8	15	4
9	15	4
10	15	4
11	15	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	4
15	15	4
16	15	4
17	15	4
18	15	4
19	15	4
20	15	4
21	15	4
22	15	4
23	16	4
24	16	4
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	16	4
28	16	4
29	16	4
30	16	4
31	16	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	8
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	7
16	7
17	7
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 (%)
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