Ma'rib weather in January

In January, Ma'rib sees average daytime highs of 26°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 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ma'rib's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ma'rib's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:33 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Ma'rib is City in Marib Governorate, Yemen.

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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ma'rib reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	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	13	13	13	13

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

How January really feels in Ma'rib

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.

Ma'rib weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 12°	1	0.2	11.2	9.0
Feb	29° / 15°	2	0.5	11.5	7.6
Mar	32° / 18°	9	1.9	11.9	5.2
Apr	34° / 20°	9	1.9	12.3	3.7
May	37° / 23°	3	0.7	12.7	2.3
Jun	38° / 24°	4	0.2	12.9	1.2
Jul	39° / 25°	2	0.6	12.8	0.7
Aug	39° / 25°	5	1.1	12.5	1.0
Sep	36° / 22°	0	0.2	12.1	2.5
Oct	32° / 18°	2	0.4	11.6	5.7
Nov	28° / 15°	0	0.2	11.3	8.2
Dec	26° / 12°	0	0	11.1	9.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% 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 (%)	93	93	93	93	91	91	91	91	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	92	92	92
Cloudier (%)	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ma'rib 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 2% 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	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	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
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	2
31	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	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	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 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 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 6:29 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:51 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)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33
Sunset (PM)	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:29	5:35
2	11.1	6:29	5:35
3	11.1	6:30	5:36
4	11.1	6:30	5:36
5	11.1	6:30	5:37
6	11.1	6:31	5:38
7	11.1	6:31	5:38
8	11.1	6:31	5:39
9	11.1	6:31	5:39
10	11.1	6:32	5:40
11	11.1	6:32	5:40
12	11.1	6:32	5:41
13	11.2	6:32	5:42
14	11.2	6:32	5:42
15	11.2	6:33	5:43
16	11.2	6:33	5:43
17	11.2	6:33	5:44
18	11.2	6:33	5:44
19	11.2	6:33	5:45
20	11.2	6:33	5:45
21	11.2	6:33	5:46
22	11.2	6:33	5:47
23	11.2	6:33	5:47
24	11.2	6:33	5:48
25	11.2	6:33	5:48
26	11.3	6:33	5:49
27	11.3	6:33	5:49
28	11.3	6:33	5:50
29	11.3	6:33	5:50
30	11.3	6:33	5:51
31	11.3	6:33	5:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.7 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.84 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Intense
31	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ma'rib

In seasonPeak

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

Ma'rib 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 Ma'rib?

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

9.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ma'rib in January

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

In January, Ma'rib sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ma'rib 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 Ma'rib peaks around April 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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	13	15	12	11	10	12	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Ma'rib 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 Ma'rib is worst in February — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 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)	44	54	46	43	39	44	44	38	33	24	23	29
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	46	Poor
Apr	43	Poor
May	39	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	44	Poor
Aug	38	Poor
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ma'rib?

Ma'rib sits at 15.5°N, 45.3°E, 1,095 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Al Ḩazm, 98 km away.

Topography around Ma'rib

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ma'rib has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 1,095 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 681 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,366 m.

The land around Ma'rib is covered by bare terrain (63%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (84%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

55 m

bare terrain 63%

16 km

681 m

bare terrain 84%

80 km

2,366 m

bare terrain 98%

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← December Ma'rib year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Al Ḩazm 98 km · Saḩar 110 km · Sayyān 112 km · Sanaa 121 km · Dhamār 142 km · ‘Amrān 150 km · Yarīm 165 km · Al Bayda 166 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 Ma'rib (15.4625°, 45.3258°, elevation 1,095 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	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	26	12
5	26	12
6	26	12
7	26	12
8	26	12
9	26	12
10	26	12
11	26	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	26	13
20	26	13
21	26	13
22	26	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	27	13
26	27	13
27	27	13
28	27	13
29	27	13
30	27	13
31	27	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
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	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
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	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
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	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
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	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
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	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
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	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1