Ālbū Kamāl weather in January

In January, Ālbū Kamāl sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 5.4 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ālbū Kamāl's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ālbū Kamāl's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 25 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 6:28 AM – 4:24 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Ālbū Kamāl is town in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ālbū Kamāl reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 18°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How January really feels in Ālbū Kamāl

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.

Ālbū Kamāl 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	14° / 5°	25	5.4	10	4.6
Feb	17° / 7°	18	3.9	10.7	6.2
Mar	22° / 10°	18	3.7	11.7	8.0
Apr	28° / 15°	11	2.1	12.8	7.6
May	34° / 21°	5	1.1	13.8	4.2
Jun	39° / 25°	0	0	14.3	1.0
Jul	41° / 28°	0	0	14.1	0.0
Aug	41° / 27°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	37° / 24°	0	0	12.2	2.1
Oct	31° / 18°	9	1.4	11.1	6.1
Nov	22° / 11°	16	3.2	10.2	8.0
Dec	15° / 6°	19	3.7	9.7	5.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 32%.

	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 (%)	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	70	71	71
Cloudier (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	30	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ālbū Kamāl gets around 25 mm of rain and snow over 5.4 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 16% and peaks near 18% 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 (%)	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

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 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 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 6:28 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 4:11 PM to 4:38 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)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:21
Sunset (PM)	4:11	4:12	4:13	4:14	4:14	4:15	4:16	4:17	4:17	4:18	4:19	4:20	4:21	4:22	4:23	4:24	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	6:28	4:11
2	9.7	6:28	4:12
3	9.7	6:28	4:13
4	9.8	6:28	4:14
5	9.8	6:28	4:14
6	9.8	6:28	4:15
7	9.8	6:28	4:16
8	9.8	6:28	4:17
9	9.8	6:28	4:17
10	9.8	6:28	4:18
11	9.8	6:28	4:19
12	9.9	6:28	4:20
13	9.9	6:28	4:21
14	9.9	6:28	4:22
15	9.9	6:28	4:23
16	9.9	6:28	4:24
17	9.9	6:27	4:24
18	10.0	6:27	4:25
19	10.0	6:27	4:26
20	10.0	6:27	4:27
21	10.0	6:26	4:28
22	10.1	6:26	4:29
23	10.1	6:26	4:30
24	10.1	6:25	4:31
25	10.1	6:25	4:32
26	10.1	6:24	4:33
27	10.2	6:24	4:34
28	10.2	6:23	4:35
29	10.2	6:23	4:36
30	10.2	6:22	4:37
31	10.3	6:21	4:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.74 kWh/m² to a high of 8.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.1 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)	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6
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	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ālbū Kamāl

In seasonPeak

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

Ālbū Kamāl sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ālbū Kamāl?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ālbū Kamāl for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ālbū Kamāl in January

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

In January, Ālbū Kamāl sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ālbū Kamāl in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ālbū Kamāl peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (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)	3	4	5	6	8	10	9	9	7	5	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ālbū Kamāl 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 Ālbū Kamāl is worst in July — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 34 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)	38	42	55	53	62	62	70	63	49	43	34	37
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	38	Poor
Feb	42	Poor
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	53	Poor
May	62	Unhealthy
Jun	62	Unhealthy
Jul	70	Unhealthy
Aug	63	Unhealthy
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	37	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ālbū Kamāl?

Ālbū Kamāl sits at 34.5°N, 40.9°E, 178 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Qā’im, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Ālbū Kamāl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ālbū Kamāl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 177 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m.

The land around Ālbū Kamāl is covered by bare terrain (36%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, bare terrain (76%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

44 m

bare terrain 36%

16 km

101 m

bare terrain 76%

80 km

376 m

bare terrain 93%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Al Qā’im 9.0 km · Hajīn 28 km · Subaykhān 53 km · Al Mayādīn 76 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 94 km · ‘Anah 98 km · Deir ez-Zor 121 km · Ḩadīthah 139 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 Ālbū Kamāl (34.4523°, 40.9185°, elevation 178 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	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	13	5
10	13	5
11	13	5
12	13	5
13	13	4
14	13	4
15	13	4
16	13	4
17	13	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	5
22	14	5
23	14	5
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	70	30
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

	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