Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Aḩmadī weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al Aḩmadī: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩawallī (29 km away). In January its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Al Aḩmadī, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Kuwait, Al Aḩmadī ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 17.6°C; Al Aḩmadī is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 14 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 Aḩmadī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 20.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 25.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 18 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 7.9 | 1.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 38.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 43.0°C29.7°C | 29.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 44.4°C31.5°C | 31.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 44.2°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 41.0°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 28 | 2.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 26 | 4.1 | 10.310 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
- Ḩawallī in JanuaryKuwait · 29 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Kuwait City in JanuaryKuwait · 34 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Al Fāw in JanuaryIraq · 107 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in JanuaryIraq · 108 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Abadan in JanuaryIran · 142 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in JanuaryIraq · 151 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in JanuaryIran · 152 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in JanuaryIraq · 153 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 36 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 Aḩmadī) is explained once on the Al Aḩmadī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.