Tripoli Weather in January
Tripoli in January
The short of it: Tripoli in January averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 60 mm · daylight 10 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & April
Thirty years of records give Tripoli an average January high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 60 mm of rain. Tripoli's coldest stretch of the year, 17° by day and 9° by night. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 12 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and April.
Against its neighbours, Tripoli runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Tājūrā’, 15 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
January in Tripoli, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tājūrā’Tripoli | 15 km E | 18° | 9° | 64 mm |
| JanzūrAl Jafarah | 18 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 57 mm |
| As SawānīAl Jafarah | 22 km SSW | 18° | 7° | 57 mm |
| Qaşr Bin GhashīrTripoli | 23 km S | 18° | 7° | 58 mm |
| Al MāyahAl Jafarah | 30 km WSW | 17° | 8° | 52 mm |
| QarqūzahAz Zawiyah | 36 km WSW | 17° | 7° | 52 mm |
| Az Zahrā’Al Jafarah | 37 km SW | 17° | 7° | 52 mm |
| An NāşirīyahAl Jafarah | 41 km SW | 17° | 7° | 51 mm |