Ataq weather in January

In January, Ataq sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ataq's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ataq's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:25 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.4; out of 10

Ataq is human settlement.

Founded: 1931

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 25°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ataq reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	12	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	13	13	13	13

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

How January really feels in Ataq

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.

Ataq weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	1	0.2	11.2	9.4
Feb	27° / 13°	3	0.3	11.5	8.8
Mar	30° / 16°	4	1.1	11.9	7.0
Apr	32° / 18°	5	1.1	12.3	5.4
May	34° / 21°	3	0.9	12.7	3.9
Jun	36° / 23°	7	0.7	12.8	2.8
Jul	36° / 24°	7	1.9	12.8	2.7
Aug	35° / 23°	12	4.4	12.5	3.1
Sep	34° / 21°	3	1.1	12.1	4.0
Oct	30° / 17°	5	0.6	11.7	6.4
Nov	27° / 14°	1	0.2	11.3	8.8
Dec	25° / 13°	0	0	11.2	9.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

	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 (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92
Cloudier (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ataq gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

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 91% 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 (%)	95	95	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Comfortable (%)	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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	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	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:47 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:21	5:30
2	11.2	6:22	5:31
3	11.2	6:22	5:32
4	11.2	6:22	5:32
5	11.2	6:23	5:33
6	11.2	6:23	5:33
7	11.2	6:23	5:34
8	11.2	6:23	5:34
9	11.2	6:24	5:35
10	11.2	6:24	5:35
11	11.2	6:24	5:36
12	11.2	6:24	5:37
13	11.2	6:25	5:37
14	11.2	6:25	5:38
15	11.2	6:25	5:38
16	11.2	6:25	5:39
17	11.2	6:25	5:39
18	11.2	6:25	5:40
19	11.2	6:26	5:40
20	11.3	6:26	5:41
21	11.3	6:26	5:41
22	11.3	6:26	5:42
23	11.3	6:26	5:43
24	11.3	6:26	5:43
25	11.3	6:26	5:44
26	11.3	6:26	5:44
27	11.3	6:26	5:45
28	11.3	6:26	5:45
29	11.3	6:26	5:46
30	11.3	6:26	5:46
31	11.4	6:25	5:47

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.4 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.04 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)	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ataq

In seasonPeak

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

Ataq sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ataq?

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

9.4

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Ataq for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ataq in January

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

In January, Ataq sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Ataq in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ataq peaks around April 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 8 (very high).

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)	10	12	12	13	12	11	10	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Ataq 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 Ataq is worst in July — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (October, 17 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)	29	34	25	22	24	38	43	30	24	17	18	24
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ataq?

Ataq sits at 14.5°N, 46.8°E, 1,148 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Al Bayda, 149 km away.

Topography around Ataq

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ataq has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 1,140 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 647 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,210 m.

The land around Ataq is covered by bare terrain (86%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

bare terrain 86%

16 km

647 m

bare terrain 96%

80 km

2,210 m

bare terrain 96%

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

January weather nearby: Al Bayda 149 km · Ma'rib 192 km · Zinjibār 222 km · Mukalla 247 km · Dhamār 261 km · Yarīm 266 km · Laḩij 267 km · Ghayl Bā Wazīr 274 km

Yemen travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type A / D / G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 7% of US; price level, 2013
GDP per capita: $634; 2018
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2013
Road deaths: 29.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 402
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 Ataq (14.5377°, 46.8319°, elevation 1,148 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	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	25	12
9	25	12
10	25	12
11	25	12
12	25	12
13	25	12
14	25	12
15	25	12
16	25	12
17	25	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	25	12
23	25	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	26	13
29	26	13
30	26	13
31	26	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11