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Places with the best weather in Africa in January

Harar tops the list at 98 /100 in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Rainfall
1 Harar Ethiopia 98 /100 24 °C 12 mm
2 Shashamane Ethiopia 97 /100 24 °C 11 mm
3 Hosa’ina Ethiopia 96 /100 23 °C 29 mm
4 Nakuru Kenya 96 /100 25 °C 22 mm
5 Mek'ele Ethiopia 96 /100 23 °C 22 mm
6 Sodo Ethiopia 96 /100 25 °C 19 mm
7 Bahir Dar Ethiopia 95 /100 25 °C 3 mm
8 Nek’emtē Ethiopia 95 /100 25 °C 42 mm
9 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 95 /100 22 °C 16 mm
10 Eldoret Kenya 95 /100 24 °C 48 mm
11 Kitale Kenya 95 /100 23 °C 51 mm
12 Kom Ombo Egypt 95 /100 23 °C 1 mm
13 Esna Egypt 95 /100 21 °C 1 mm
14 Gonder Ethiopia 95 /100 25 °C 4 mm
15 Bishoftu Ethiopia 94 /100 24 °C 6 mm
16 Hurghada Egypt 94 /100 20 °C 2 mm
17 Jijiga Ethiopia 93 /100 26 °C 5 mm
18 Karuri Kenya 93 /100 23 °C 39 mm
19 Agadir Morocco 93 /100 20 °C 31 mm
20 Girga Egypt 93 /100 21 °C 1 mm
21 Jimma Ethiopia 93 /100 26 °C 25 mm
22 Kikuyu Kenya 93 /100 24 °C 40 mm
23 Awasa Ethiopia 93 /100 26 °C 17 mm
24 Borama Somalia 93 /100 25 °C 10 mm
25 Laayoune Western Sahara 92 /100 22 °C 7 mm
26 Dire Dawa Ethiopia 92 /100 27 °C 25 mm
27 Ait Melloul Morocco 92 /100 20 °C 25 mm
28 Sohag Egypt 92 /100 20 °C 1 mm
29 Naivasha Kenya 91 /100 24 °C 75 mm
30 Nazrēt Ethiopia 91 /100 26 °C 4 mm
31 Dīla Ethiopia 91 /100 27 °C 39 mm
32 Al Fayyum Egypt 91 /100 19 °C 2 mm
33 Zagazig Egypt 91 /100 19 °C 5 mm
34 Assiut Egypt 91 /100 20 °C 1 mm
35 Hargeysa Somalia 91 /100 25 °C 2 mm
36 Mallawī Egypt 91 /100 20 °C 1 mm
37 Suez Egypt 90 /100 19 °C 5 mm
38 Al Mansurah Egypt 90 /100 19 °C 8 mm
39 Butembo Democratic Republic of the Congo 90 /100 24 °C 56 mm
40 Cairo Egypt 90 /100 19 °C 4 mm
41 Minya Egypt 90 /100 19 °C 1 mm
42 Thika Kenya 89 /100 25 °C 43 mm
43 Karuri Kenya 89 /100 26 °C 29 mm
44 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 89 /100 19 °C 11 mm
45 Damietta Egypt 88 /100 18 °C 13 mm
46 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 88 /100 18 °C 16 mm
47 Damanhur Egypt 88 /100 19 °C 13 mm
48 Ismailia Egypt 88 /100 19 °C 4 mm
49 Port Said Egypt 87 /100 18 °C 8 mm
50 Dakar Senegal 87 /100 26 °C 2 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

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