Bayt al Faqīh weather in January

In January, Bayt al Faqīh sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.4 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Bayt al Faqīh's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bayt al Faqīh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
2.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:39 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
33%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Bayt al Faqīh is human settlement.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bayt al Faqīh reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Bayt al Faqīh

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Bayt al Faqīh weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°82.411.26.3
Feb31° / 22°72.111.55.8
Mar33° / 24°102.611.94.5
Apr35° / 26°172.512.33.0
May37° / 28°9212.72.0
Jun38° / 29°50.812.81.3
Jul38° / 30°284.312.81.1
Aug37° / 29°496.412.51.6
Sep37° / 29°285.212.11.9
Oct35° / 27°183.811.73.4
Nov32° / 24°71.711.35.0
Dec30° / 22°61.811.26.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bayt al Faqīh gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.4 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 8% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 71% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
103266110
203276010
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

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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 6:35 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:355:45
211.26:365:45
311.26:365:46
411.26:365:46
511.26:375:47
611.26:375:47
711.26:375:48
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.03 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bayt al Faqīh

In seasonPeak

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

Bayt al Faqīh sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Is January a good time to visit Bayt al Faqīh?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bayt al Faqīh for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bayt al Faqīh in January

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

In January, Bayt al Faqīh sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Bayt al Faqīh in January

The nearest coast averages about 25°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 49 km away) is warmest in September at about 32°C and coldest in February near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr28Warm
May30Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep32Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Bayt al Faqīh in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bayt al Faqīh peaks around April 9 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 12Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Bayt al Faqīh 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 Bayt al Faqīh is worst in July — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 30 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1056 µg/m³Nov 2031 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr38Poor
May39Poor
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul57Unhealthy
Aug48Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct34Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bayt al Faqīh?

Bayt al Faqīh sits at 14.5°N, 43.3°E, 151 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Zabīd, 36 km away.

IbbDhī as SufālYarīmDhamārTaiz

Topography around Bayt al Faqīh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayt al Faqīh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 131 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,925 m.

The land around Bayt al Faqīh is covered by cropland (50%) and bare terrain (33%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and shrubs (23%), bare terrain (23%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

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43 m
16 km
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80 km
2,925 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Zabīd 36 km · Al Ḩudaydah 51 km · Bājil 60 km · Ibb 111 km · Dhī as Sufāl 114 km · Yarīm 116 km · Dhamār 116 km · Taiz 128 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
Muslim 99%other 1%

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 Bayt al Faqīh (14.5163°, 43.3245°, elevation 151 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).