Ghardaïa weather in January

In January, Ghardaïa sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ghardaïa's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ghardaïa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 9 mm; 1.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:52 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 5th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Ghardaïa is City and capital of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria.

Density: 242/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1048

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ghardaïa reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

How January really feels in Ghardaïa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ghardaïa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 5°	9	1.6	10.1	6.6
Feb	18° / 7°	4	1.1	10.8	7.7
Mar	22° / 10°	7	1.5	11.8	8.6
Apr	26° / 14°	7	1.4	12.8	8.4
May	32° / 19°	3	0.8	13.6	5.5
Jun	37° / 24°	1	0.3	14.1	2.2
Jul	40° / 27°	1	0.2	13.9	0.0
Aug	39° / 27°	2	0.8	13.2	0.5
Sep	34° / 23°	8	1.5	12.2	3.7
Oct	28° / 17°	6	1.1	11.2	7.6
Nov	21° / 10°	6	1.4	10.3	8.4
Dec	17° / 7°	5	1.2	9.9	7.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	82	81	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	81
Cloudier (%)	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ghardaïa gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.6 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	6
15	6
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	4
31	4

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 7:47 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:11 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:47
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:51	5:45
2	9.9	7:52	5:46
3	9.9	7:52	5:47
4	9.9	7:52	5:48
5	9.9	7:52	5:48
6	9.9	7:52	5:49
7	10.0	7:52	5:50
8	10.0	7:53	5:51
9	10.0	7:53	5:51
10	10.0	7:53	5:52
11	10.0	7:53	5:53
12	10.0	7:53	5:54
13	10.0	7:52	5:55
14	10.1	7:52	5:55
15	10.1	7:52	5:56
16	10.1	7:52	5:57
17	10.1	7:52	5:58
18	10.1	7:52	5:59
19	10.1	7:52	6:00
20	10.2	7:51	6:01
21	10.2	7:51	6:01
22	10.2	7:51	6:02
23	10.2	7:50	6:03
24	10.2	7:50	6:04
25	10.3	7:50	6:05
26	10.3	7:49	6:06
27	10.3	7:49	6:07
28	10.3	7:48	6:08
29	10.3	7:48	6:09
30	10.4	7:47	6:10
31	10.4	7:47	6:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ghardaïa

In seasonPeak

None of Ghardaïa's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ghardaïa sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ghardaïa?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ghardaïa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ghardaïa in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Ghardaïa sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Ghardaïa in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ghardaïa peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	7	6	8	11	10	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ghardaïa in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ghardaïa is worst in April — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 33 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	37	51	70	86	78	75	51	53	53	41	36	33
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	37	Poor
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	86	Unhealthy
May	78	Unhealthy
Jun	75	Unhealthy
Jul	51	Poor
Aug	53	Poor
Sep	53	Poor
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ghardaïa?

Ghardaïa sits at 32.5°N, 3.7°E, 503 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Metlili Chaamba, 25 km away.

Topography around Ghardaïa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ghardaïa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ghardaïa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 530 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 528 m.

The land around Ghardaïa is covered by bare terrain (60%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (95%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

116 m

bare terrain 60%

16 km

249 m

bare terrain 95%

80 km

528 m

bare terrain 100%

treesartificial surfacesbare terrain

← December Ghardaïa year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Metlili Chaamba 25 km · Berriane 38 km · Guerara 84 km · Laghouat 164 km · Ouargla 167 km · Rouissat 170 km · El Hadjira 173 km · Messaad 186 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,051; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 69%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 468
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ghardaïa (32.4909°, 3.6735°, elevation 503 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	6
15	6
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	6
15	6
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	6
15	6
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100