Ad Dānā weather in January

In January, Ad Dānā sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ad Dānā's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad Dānā's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 67 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 6:49 AM – 4:36 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Ad Dānā is city in Idlib, Syria.

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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ad Dānā reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°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)	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	12	12	12	12	13
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How January really feels in Ad Dānā

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.

Ad Dānā 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 4°	67	10.5	0.5	9.8	3.3
Feb	14° / 5°	56	9.1	0.4	10.6	4.3
Mar	18° / 8°	45	8.1	0.1	11.7	6.4
Apr	23° / 11°	27	6.2	0	12.9	7.6
May	29° / 15°	19	3.6	0	13.9	6.9
Jun	33° / 19°	3	0.8	0	14.4	4.6
Jul	36° / 22°	1	0.1	0	14.2	3.1
Aug	36° / 22°	1	0.1	0	13.4	2.9
Sep	33° / 19°	4	1.1	0	12.2	4.6
Oct	28° / 15°	22	4.4	0	11.1	7.0
Nov	20° / 9°	38	6.2	0	10.1	7.2
Dec	14° / 5°	66	9.3	0.2	9.6	4.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. 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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	47	49	49	49	50	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	50	50	50	50	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	51
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	53	53	53	51	51	51	50	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ad Dānā gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	1
2	33	1
3	33	1
4	33	1
5	33	1
6	33	1
7	32	1
8	32	2
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	31	2
12	31	2
13	31	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	30	2
17	30	1
18	31	1
19	31	1
20	32	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	34	2
24	34	2
25	34	2
26	34	2
27	34	2
28	34	2
29	34	2
30	33	2
31	33	2

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 8 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)	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	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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	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
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
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 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 4:23 PM to 4:51 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)	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42
Sunset (PM)	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:30	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	6:49	4:23
2	9.6	6:49	4:24
3	9.6	6:49	4:25
4	9.6	6:49	4:26
5	9.6	6:49	4:26
6	9.6	6:49	4:27
7	9.6	6:50	4:28
8	9.7	6:50	4:29
9	9.7	6:50	4:30
10	9.7	6:49	4:30
11	9.7	6:49	4:31
12	9.7	6:49	4:32
13	9.7	6:49	4:33
14	9.7	6:49	4:34
15	9.8	6:49	4:35
16	9.8	6:49	4:36
17	9.8	6:48	4:37
18	9.8	6:48	4:38
19	9.9	6:48	4:39
20	9.9	6:47	4:40
21	9.9	6:47	4:41
22	9.9	6:47	4:42
23	9.9	6:46	4:43
24	10.0	6:46	4:44
25	10.0	6:45	4:45
26	10.0	6:45	4:46
27	10.0	6:44	4:47
28	10.1	6:44	4:48
29	10.1	6:43	4:49
30	10.1	6:42	4:50
31	10.2	6:42	4:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.39 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)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ad Dānā?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ad Dānā.

What to pack for Ad Dānā in January

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

In January, Ad Dānā sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Ad Dānā in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ad Dānā peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	4	7	8	10	10	10	8	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Ad Dānā 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 Ad Dānā is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 20 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)	36	44	46	42	33	25	20	22	28	35	39	38
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	36	Poor
Feb	44	Poor
Mar	46	Poor
Apr	42	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	35	Poor
Nov	39	Poor
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ad Dānā?

Ad Dānā sits at 36.2°N, 36.8°E, 400 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Batabo, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Ad Dānā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad Dānā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 729 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,194 m.

The land around Ad Dānā is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

84 m

cropland 57%

16 km

729 m

grassland 46%

80 km

2,194 m

cropland 51%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Batabo 9.0 km · Reyhanlı 19 km · Ma‘arratmişrīn 24 km · Kafr Takhārīm 25 km · Nubl 27 km · Binnish 29 km · Salqīn 30 km · Idlib 34 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2022
GDP per capita: $1,057; 2022
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate: 2.1; per 100k, 2010
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 456
Religion

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 Ad Dānā (36.2125°, 36.77°, elevation 400 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	12	4
2	12	4
3	12	4
4	12	4
5	12	4
6	12	4
7	12	4
8	12	4
9	12	4
10	12	4
11	12	4
12	12	4
13	12	4
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	12	3
21	12	3
22	12	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	12	3
28	12	3
29	12	3
30	12	3
31	13	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	1
2	33	1
3	33	1
4	33	1
5	33	1
6	33	1
7	32	1
8	32	2
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	31	2
12	31	2
13	31	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	30	2
17	30	1
18	31	1
19	31	1
20	32	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	34	2
24	34	2
25	34	2
26	34	2
27	34	2
28	34	2
29	34	2
30	33	2
31	33	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	1
2	33	1
3	33	1
4	33	1
5	33	1
6	33	1
7	32	1
8	32	2
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	31	2
12	31	2
13	31	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	30	2
17	30	1
18	31	1
19	31	1
20	32	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	34	2
24	34	2
25	34	2
26	34	2
27	34	2
28	34	2
29	34	2
30	33	2
31	33	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	1
2	33	1
3	33	1
4	33	1
5	33	1
6	33	1
7	32	1
8	32	2
9	32	2
10	32	2
11	31	2
12	31	2
13	31	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	30	2
17	30	1
18	31	1
19	31	1
20	32	1
21	33	1
22	33	1
23	34	2
24	34	2
25	34	2
26	34	2
27	34	2
28	34	2
29	34	2
30	33	2
31	33	2

	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