Climate · Manama

Manama in January

Mild and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Manama is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Manama is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 11% of days
Daylight
10h 42mon average

Is January a good time to visit Manama?


Yes. January is one of Manama's best months (December to March).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 69°F in January, against 69°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in January, against 21°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

11% of days in January, against 0% to 11% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in January, against 10% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

10h 42m in January, against 10h 31m to 13h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. December74°23°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January69°21°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February70°21°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Manama sits, in January

Asia/Bahrain

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:26 AMsets 5:06 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
26.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Manama, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Manama is our one place in Bahrain so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km west of Manama. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.