Climate · Umluj

Umluj in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Umluj is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 61°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Umluj is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 16°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
10h 46mon average

Is January a good time to visit Umluj?


Yes. January is one of Umluj'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 78°F in January, against 78°F to 97°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in January, against 26°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in January, against 0% to 5% through the year.

Cloud cover

24% cover in January, against 10% to 28% through the year.

Daylight

10h 46m in January, against 10h 36m to 13h 40m 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.

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  1. December81°27°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January78°26°low 61°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. February79°26°low 61°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Umluj sits, in January

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:17 AMsets 6:02 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
AlUla183 km north

The land around Umluj, 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. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Saudi Arabia in January

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Umluj. 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.