Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Khārjah weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al Khārjah: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Khārijah (22 km away). In January its highs average 19.7°C, about as warm as Al Khārjah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al Khārjah ranks joint 26th of 107 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 107 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 107 cities is 19.3°C; Al Khārjah is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Al Khārjah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 35.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 38.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 38.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 35.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Al-Khārijah in JanuaryEgypt · 22 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Juhaynah in JanuaryEgypt · 166 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Girga in JanuaryEgypt · 167 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Sohag in JanuaryEgypt · 168 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in JanuaryEgypt · 170 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Ţahţā in JanuaryEgypt · 175 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Farshūţ in JanuaryEgypt · 175 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Ghanāyim in JanuaryEgypt · 177 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Khārjah) is explained once on the Al Khārjah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.