Barkā’ Weather in January
Barkā’ in January
The short of it: Barkā’ in January averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 15 mm (0.59 in) of rain and about 10 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 15 mm · daylight 10 h 49 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Barkā’ an average January high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 15 mm of rain. Barkā’'s coldest stretch of the year, 26° by day and 15° by night. Rain is scarce, about 15 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 49 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Barkā’ runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Seeb, 31 km to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Barkā’, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeebMuscat | 31 km E | 25° | 16° | 15 mm |
| BidbidAd Dakhiliyah | 39 km SE | 25° | 15° | 14 mm |
| Sufālat Samā’ilAd Dakhiliyah | 42 km SSE | 25° | 14° | 12 mm |
| Samā’ilAd Dakhiliyah | 43 km S | 24° | 14° | 12 mm |
| As SuwayqAl Batinah North | 49 km WNW | 26° | 15° | 12 mm |
| BawsharMuscat | 54 km ESE | 26° | 16° | 17 mm |
| MuscatMuscat | 54 km E | 25° | 16° | 17 mm |
| Bayt al ‘AwābīAl Batinah South | 56 km SW | 23° | 13° | 10 mm |