Eyl weather in January

In January, Eyl sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Eyl's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eyl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:03 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover
31%
4th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Eyl is town in Puntland, Somalia.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Eyl reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Eyl

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Eyl weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°30.411.67.0
Feb30° / 21°10.111.76.8
Mar31° / 23°41.111.95.7
Apr32° / 24°327.612.24.3
May34° / 25°458.512.43.0
Jun35° / 25°10.312.53.1
Jul34° / 24°00.112.43.6
Aug34° / 24°0012.33.6
Sep34° / 24°20.5123.6
Oct32° / 23°398.211.84.4
Nov30° / 22°24511.65.7
Dec30° / 22°131.611.56.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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

Any precipitation

Eyl gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.4 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 2% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 31% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 23 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 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 5:58 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:585:30
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411.55:595:32
511.65:595:32
611.66:005:33
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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 5.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Eyl

In seasonPeak

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

Eyl sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Eyl?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
9.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Eyl for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Eyl in January

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

In January, Eyl sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Eyl in January

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in July near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May28Warm
Jun25Warm
Jul24Warm
Aug24Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Eyl in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Eyl peaks around April 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 14UV 13Nov 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Eyl 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 Eyl is worst in July — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (April, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateJul 1737 µg/m³Apr 1812 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr12Good
May15Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul38Poor
Aug30Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Eyl?

Eyl sits at 8.0°N, 49.8°E, 47 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Garoowe, 154 km away.

GarooweLaascaanoodGaalkacyoSaaxoBosasoQandalaCeerigaaboQorof

Topography around Eyl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eyl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 114 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 582 m.

The land around Eyl is covered by bare terrain (53%) and shrubs (41%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%) and water (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (38%), bare terrain (31%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
188 m
16 km
296 m
80 km
582 m
shrubsgrasslandbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Garoowe 154 km · Laascaanood 276 km · Gaalkacyo 296 km · Saaxo 359 km · Bosaso 374 km · Qandala 388 km · Ceerigaabo 398 km · Qorof 404 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 Eyl (7.9803°, 49.8164°, elevation 47 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).