Lardjem weather in January

In January, Lardjem sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 10.2 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lardjem's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lardjem's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 65 mm; 10.2 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 8:08 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lardjem reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How January really feels in Lardjem

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.

Lardjem weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 4°	65	10.2	0.5	9.9	3.5
Feb	14° / 4°	62	10	1.1	10.6	3.9
Mar	17° / 6°	68	9.9	0.5	11.7	5.5
Apr	20° / 8°	69	9.7	0	12.9	6.5
May	25° / 12°	49	8.1	0	13.9	7.4
Jun	31° / 17°	15	3.1	0	14.4	5.9
Jul	35° / 21°	8	2.6	0	14.2	3.2
Aug	35° / 21°	14	4.3	0	13.4	3.4
Sep	29° / 17°	36	6.6	0	12.2	6.2
Oct	23° / 13°	45	7.2	0	11.1	7.4
Nov	17° / 8°	64	9.6	0.1	10.1	5.5
Dec	13° / 5°	59	8.9	0.2	9.6	4.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	60	61	60	60	60	60	59	58	57	56	56	54	53	53	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	48	49	50	51	52	53
Cloudier (%)	40	39	40	40	40	40	41	42	43	44	44	46	47	47	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	53	52	52	52	52	51	50	49	48	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	54	46
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Lardjem gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 10.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 33% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	37	37
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	1
2	27	1
3	28	1
4	28	1
5	28	1
6	28	1
7	28	1
8	28	1
9	29	1
10	30	1
11	30	1
12	31	1
13	32	1
14	32	1
15	33	1
16	34	1
17	35	2
18	35	2
19	36	2
20	36	2
21	36	2
22	37	2
23	37	2
24	37	3
25	37	3
26	38	3
27	38	3
28	38	4
29	38	4
30	37	4
31	37	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 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:08 AM to 8:02 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:13 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)	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:07	8:07	8:07	8:06	8:06	8:06	8:05	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:03	8:02	8:02
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	8:08	5:45
2	9.6	8:09	5:46
3	9.6	8:09	5:47
4	9.6	8:09	5:48
5	9.7	8:09	5:48
6	9.7	8:09	5:49
7	9.7	8:09	5:50
8	9.7	8:09	5:51
9	9.7	8:09	5:52
10	9.7	8:09	5:53
11	9.7	8:09	5:53
12	9.8	8:09	5:54
13	9.8	8:09	5:55
14	9.8	8:09	5:56
15	9.8	8:09	5:57
16	9.8	8:08	5:58
17	9.8	8:08	5:59
18	9.9	8:08	6:00
19	9.9	8:07	6:01
20	9.9	8:07	6:02
21	9.9	8:07	6:03
22	10.0	8:06	6:04
23	10.0	8:06	6:05
24	10.0	8:06	6:06
25	10.0	8:05	6:07
26	10.1	8:05	6:08
27	10.1	8:04	6:09
28	10.1	8:03	6:10
29	10.1	8:03	6:11
30	10.2	8:02	6:12
31	10.2	8:02	6:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.35 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 2.69 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)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Lardjem

In seasonPeak

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

Lardjem sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Lardjem?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lardjem.

What to pack for Lardjem in January

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

In January, Lardjem sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Lardjem in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lardjem peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	7	8	8	9	10	9	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Lardjem 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 Lardjem is worst in September — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	22	27	23	19	21	26	27	28	22	19	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lardjem?

Lardjem sits at 35.7°N, 1.5°E, 552 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Tissemsilt, 29 km away.

Topography around Lardjem

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lardjem has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 387 m around an average of 640 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,545 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,917 m.

The land around Lardjem is covered by grassland (43%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (41%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

387 m

grassland 43%

16 km

1,545 m

grassland 41%

80 km

1,917 m

cropland 47%

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

January weather nearby: Tissemsilt 29 km · Mehdia daira de meghila 40 km · Ammi Moussa 42 km · Theniet el Had 45 km · Tiaret 47 km · Oued Fodda 48 km · Chlef 50 km · Oued Sly 50 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 Lardjem (35.7492°, 1.5478°, elevation 552 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	12	4
15	12	4
16	12	4
17	12	4
18	12	4
19	12	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	12	4
27	12	4
28	12	4
29	12	4
30	12	4
31	12	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	54	46
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	1
2	27	1
3	28	1
4	28	1
5	28	1
6	28	1
7	28	1
8	28	1
9	29	1
10	30	1
11	30	1
12	31	1
13	32	1
14	32	1
15	33	1
16	34	1
17	35	2
18	35	2
19	36	2
20	36	2
21	36	2
22	37	2
23	37	2
24	37	3
25	37	3
26	38	3
27	38	3
28	38	4
29	38	4
30	37	4
31	37	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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	12	4
15	12	4
16	12	4
17	12	4
18	12	4
19	12	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	12	4
27	12	4
28	12	4
29	12	4
30	12	4
31	12	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	54	46
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	1
2	27	1
3	28	1
4	28	1
5	28	1
6	28	1
7	28	1
8	28	1
9	29	1
10	30	1
11	30	1
12	31	1
13	32	1
14	32	1
15	33	1
16	34	1
17	35	2
18	35	2
19	36	2
20	36	2
21	36	2
22	37	2
23	37	2
24	37	3
25	37	3
26	38	3
27	38	3
28	38	4
29	38	4
30	37	4
31	37	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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	13	4
14	12	4
15	12	4
16	12	4
17	12	4
18	12	4
19	12	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	12	4
24	12	4
25	12	4
26	12	4
27	12	4
28	12	4
29	12	4
30	12	4
31	12	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	59	41
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	54	46
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	27	1
2	27	1
3	28	1
4	28	1
5	28	1
6	28	1
7	28	1
8	28	1
9	29	1
10	30	1
11	30	1
12	31	1
13	32	1
14	32	1
15	33	1
16	34	1
17	35	2
18	35	2
19	36	2
20	36	2
21	36	2
22	37	2
23	37	2
24	37	3
25	37	3
26	38	3
27	38	3
28	38	4
29	38	4
30	37	4
31	37	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