Medjez el Bab weather in January

In January, Medjez el Bab sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 47 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Medjez el Bab's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Medjez el Bab's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 47 mm; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:38 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Medjez el Bab reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How January really feels in Medjez el Bab

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.

Medjez el Bab weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 7°	47	9.4	9.8	4.7
Feb	15° / 7°	49	9.1	10.6	4.8
Mar	18° / 8°	49	8.8	11.7	6.1
Apr	21° / 11°	46	8.3	12.9	6.9
May	26° / 15°	30	6	13.9	7.6
Jun	31° / 19°	13	3.1	14.5	5.6
Jul	34° / 21°	3	0.7	14.2	4.0
Aug	34° / 22°	11	3	13.4	3.8
Sep	30° / 19°	37	6.7	12.2	5.6
Oct	26° / 16°	38	7.2	11.1	7.3
Nov	20° / 11°	42	8.3	10	6.7
Dec	16° / 8°	44	8.6	9.5	5.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	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 (%)	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	54
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Medjez el Bab gets around 47 mm of rain over 9.4 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 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34

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

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 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	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 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 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 7:39 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:39 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)	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:31
Sunset (PM)	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	7:39	5:11
2	9.5	7:39	5:11
3	9.6	7:39	5:12
4	9.6	7:39	5:13
5	9.6	7:39	5:14
6	9.6	7:39	5:15
7	9.6	7:39	5:15
8	9.6	7:39	5:16
9	9.6	7:39	5:17
10	9.6	7:39	5:18
11	9.7	7:39	5:19
12	9.7	7:39	5:20
13	9.7	7:39	5:21
14	9.7	7:39	5:21
15	9.7	7:39	5:22
16	9.8	7:38	5:23
17	9.8	7:38	5:24
18	9.8	7:38	5:25
19	9.8	7:37	5:26
20	9.8	7:37	5:27
21	9.9	7:37	5:28
22	9.9	7:36	5:29
23	9.9	7:36	5:30
24	9.9	7:35	5:31
25	10.0	7:35	5:32
26	10.0	7:34	5:33
27	10.0	7:34	5:34
28	10.0	7:33	5:35
29	10.1	7:33	5:36
30	10.1	7:32	5:38
31	10.1	7:31	5:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.43 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)	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	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
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	2.2	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.4	Moderate
11	2.4	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Medjez el Bab

In seasonPeak

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

Medjez el Bab sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Dust

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Medjez el Bab?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Medjez el Bab for sightseeing.

What to pack for Medjez el Bab in January

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

In January, Medjez el Bab sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Medjez el Bab 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 Medjez el Bab peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (low).

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	6	4	7	8	10	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Medjez el Bab 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 Medjez el Bab is worst in December — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 27 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)	45	46	41	39	33	29	27	30	36	42	47	50
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	42	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	50	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Medjez el Bab?

Medjez el Bab sits at 36.6°N, 9.6°E, 51 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Tebourba, 28 km away.

Topography around Medjez el Bab

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Medjez el Bab has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,329 m.

The land around Medjez el Bab is covered by cropland (67%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

118 m

cropland 67%

16 km

621 m

cropland 65%

80 km

1,329 m

cropland 46%

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← December Medjez el Bab year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Tebourba 28 km · Jedeïda 34 km · La Mornaghia 38 km · Tabursuq 39 km · Béja 39 km · El Fahs 40 km · Oued Lill 43 km · Mateur 44 km

Tunisia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,657; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 65%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 16.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 498
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 Medjez el Bab (36.6496°, 9.6123°, elevation 51 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	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	54	46

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	54	46

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	55	45
30	55	45
31	54	46

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

	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