Beledweyne weather in January

In January, Beledweyne sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Beledweyne's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Beledweyne's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:16 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
27%
2nd clearest
Wind
19 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Beledweyne is city.

Density
2,309/km²
people per km²

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 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Beledweyne reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Beledweyne

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Beledweyne weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°10.211.83.9
Feb35° / 22°00.111.83.1
Mar36° / 24°51.1122.4
Apr35° / 25°669.212.12.7
May34° / 24°457.912.23.4
Jun34° / 24°20.312.33.7
Jul33° / 23°10.312.24.1
Aug34° / 23°10.112.23.8
Sep35° / 23°30.8123.3
Oct33° / 23°579.511.93.7
Nov32° / 23°456.811.84.2
Dec34° / 22°71.411.74.1

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 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
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38515
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Beledweyne gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13340217
23340207
33341206
43341206
53342206
63242196
73243206
83143206
93044206
102944206
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Wind in January

Winds average 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:105:54
211.76:115:55
311.76:115:55
411.76:125:56
511.76:125:56
611.76:125:57
711.76:135:57
811.76:135:58
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1211.76:155:59
1311.76:156:00
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1511.86:166:01
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1911.86:176:02
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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 6.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 6.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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286.9Intense
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306.9Intense
317.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Beledweyne?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Beledweyne. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Beledweyne in January

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

In January, Beledweyne sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Beledweyne in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Beledweyne peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 15Nov 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Beledweyne 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 Beledweyne is worst in January — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (May, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodJan 2317 µg/m³May 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov11Good
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Beledweyne?

Beledweyne sits at 4.7°N, 45.2°E, 182 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Buulobarde, 106 km away.

BuulobardeKahandhaleBalanbaleFadhigaradleLasoanoEl BahayRaqoCabudwaaq

Topography around Beledweyne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Beledweyne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 183 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 m.

The land around Beledweyne is covered by artificial surfaces (31%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (61%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
185 m
80 km
381 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Buulobarde 106 km · Kahandhale 123 km · Balanbale 131 km · Fadhigaradle 160 km · Lasoano 170 km · El Bahay 182 km · Raqo 200 km · Cabudwaaq 202 km

Somalia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / G
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$661
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
27.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 399
Religion
Muslim 100%ethnic religionist 0%

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 Beledweyne (4.7358°, 45.2036°, elevation 182 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).