Qārah weather in January

In January, Qārah sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 8.6 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 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of January to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Qārah's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qārah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 37 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 6:44 AM – 4:41 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Qārah is place in Rif Dimashq Governorate, 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 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Qārah reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 14°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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

How January really feels in Qārah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Qārah 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	10° / 1°	37	8.6	2	10	2.2
Feb	11° / 2°	32	7.8	1.9	10.7	3.0
Mar	15° / 5°	35	7.6	0.5	11.7	5.0
Apr	20° / 8°	28	6.2	0	12.8	7.1
May	25° / 13°	25	5.5	0	13.8	8.1
Jun	29° / 17°	4	1	0	14.2	7.2
Jul	32° / 19°	1	0.2	0	14	5.6
Aug	32° / 20°	1	0.4	0	13.3	5.6
Sep	29° / 17°	4	1.2	0	12.2	7.5
Oct	24° / 12°	27	5.3	0	11.1	8.1
Nov	17° / 7°	26	5.6	0.1	10.2	6.0
Dec	12° / 3°	30	7.4	0.7	9.8	3.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	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 (%)	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	66
Cloudier (%)	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Qārah gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Snow chance (%)	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

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 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	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 48 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 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 4:29 PM to 4:55 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)	9.8	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	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38
Sunset (PM)	4:29	4:30	4:30	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	6:43	4:29
2	9.8	6:44	4:30
3	9.8	6:44	4:30
4	9.8	6:44	4:31
5	9.8	6:44	4:32
6	9.8	6:44	4:33
7	9.8	6:44	4:33
8	9.8	6:44	4:34
9	9.8	6:44	4:35
10	9.9	6:44	4:36
11	9.9	6:44	4:37
12	9.9	6:44	4:37
13	9.9	6:44	4:38
14	9.9	6:44	4:39
15	9.9	6:44	4:40
16	10.0	6:44	4:41
17	10.0	6:43	4:42
18	10.0	6:43	4:43
19	10.0	6:43	4:44
20	10.0	6:43	4:45
21	10.1	6:42	4:46
22	10.1	6:42	4:46
23	10.1	6:42	4:47
24	10.1	6:41	4:48
25	10.1	6:41	4:49
26	10.2	6:40	4:50
27	10.2	6:40	4:51
28	10.2	6:39	4:52
29	10.2	6:39	4:53
30	10.3	6:38	4:54
31	10.3	6:38	4:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.8 kWh/m² to a high of 8.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.17 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)	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	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	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	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	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Qārah?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Qārah.

What to pack for Qārah in January

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

In January, Qārah sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Qārah in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Qārah peaks around June 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (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)	3	4	5	8	9	11	11	11	8	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Qārah 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 Qārah is worst in April — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 23 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)	32	38	39	40	35	27	23	24	30	34	35	34
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	40	Poor
May	35	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	35	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Qārah?

Qārah sits at 34.2°N, 36.7°E, 1,287 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is An Nabk, 15 km away.

Topography around Qārah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qārah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 1,284 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,485 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,066 m.

The land around Qārah is covered by bare terrain (83%) within 3 km, bare terrain (73%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (45%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

bare terrain 83%

16 km

1,485 m

bare terrain 73%

80 km

3,066 m

bare terrain 45%

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

January weather nearby: An Nabk 15 km · Yabrūd 22 km · Aarsâl 30 km · Jayrūd 39 km · Al Quşayr 42 km · El Hermel 42 km · Al Qaryatayn 47 km · Al Quţayfah 48 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 Qārah (34.1556°, 36.7428°, elevation 1,287 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	10	2
2	10	2
3	10	2
4	10	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	9	1
17	9	1
18	9	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	10	1
26	10	1
27	10	1
28	10	1
29	10	1
30	10	1
31	10	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	66	34

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	66	34

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	66	34

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

	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