Zākīyah weather in January

In January, Zākīyah sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 7.1 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 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 Zākīyah's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zākīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 38 mm; 7.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 6:44 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

← December Zākīyah 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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zākīyah reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 17°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)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	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	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	12	3
10	12	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	12	3
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	13	3
28	13	3
29	13	3
30	13	3
31	13	3

How January really feels in Zākīyah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 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.

Zākīyah 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° / 3°	38	7.1	0.5	10	3.7
Feb	14° / 4°	32	6.4	0.7	10.8	4.7
Mar	18° / 6°	23	5.2	0.1	11.7	6.9
Apr	23° / 10°	9	2.8	0	12.8	8.4
May	29° / 14°	7	1.7	0	13.7	7.4
Jun	33° / 17°	0	0.1	0	14.2	5.0
Jul	35° / 19°	0	0	0	14	3.4
Aug	35° / 19°	0	0.1	0	13.2	3.3
Sep	33° / 17°	1	0.3	0	12.2	5.1
Oct	28° / 14°	7	1.7	0	11.2	7.8
Nov	20° / 8°	18	3.7	0	10.3	7.5
Dec	14° / 5°	29	5.2	0.1	9.8	4.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zākīyah gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 22% and peaks near 25% 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 (%)	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	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	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 6:44 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 4:33 PM to 4:59 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	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	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	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38
Sunset (PM)	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	6:44	4:33
2	9.8	6:44	4:34
3	9.8	6:44	4:35
4	9.9	6:44	4:35
5	9.9	6:44	4:36
6	9.9	6:44	4:37
7	9.9	6:45	4:38
8	9.9	6:45	4:39
9	9.9	6:45	4:39
10	9.9	6:45	4:40
11	9.9	6:45	4:41
12	10.0	6:45	4:42
13	10.0	6:45	4:43
14	10.0	6:44	4:43
15	10.0	6:44	4:44
16	10.0	6:44	4:45
17	10.0	6:44	4:46
18	10.1	6:44	4:47
19	10.1	6:43	4:48
20	10.1	6:43	4:49
21	10.1	6:43	4:50
22	10.1	6:43	4:51
23	10.2	6:42	4:52
24	10.2	6:42	4:52
25	10.2	6:41	4:53
26	10.2	6:41	4:54
27	10.2	6:40	4:55
28	10.3	6:40	4:56
29	10.3	6:39	4:57
30	10.3	6:39	4:58
31	10.3	6:38	4:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.71 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3 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)	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	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	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4
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	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zākīyah?

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

3.7

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 Zākīyah.

What to pack for Zākīyah in January

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

In January, Zākīyah sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zākīyah 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 Zākīyah peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

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

Air quality in Zākīyah 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 Zākīyah is worst in April — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 33 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)	48	54	54	55	46	37	33	34	42	48	50	51
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	54	Poor
Apr	55	Unhealthy
May	46	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	50	Poor
Dec	51	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Zākīyah?

Zākīyah sits at 33.3°N, 36.2°E, 766 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Kiswah, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Zākīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zākīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 762 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,018 m.

The land around Zākīyah is covered by grassland (45%) and cropland (41%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

65 m

grassland 45%

16 km

540 m

cropland 44%

80 km

3,018 m

grassland 36%

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

January weather nearby: Al Kiswah 8.0 km · Şaḩnāyā 12 km · Qaţanā 14 km · Dārayyā 15 km · al-Yarmūk 20 km · Babīlā 22 km · Damascus 23 km · Jaramānā 24 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 Zākīyah (33.3341°, 36.1588°, elevation 766 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	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	12	3
10	12	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	12	3
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	13	3
28	13	3
29	13	3
30	13	3
31	13	3

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

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

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

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

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

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