Ouargla weather in January

In January, Ouargla sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.2 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 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% 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 Ouargla's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ouargla's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:44 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 6th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Ouargla is city and capital of Ouargla Province, Algeria.

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 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ouargla reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°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)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How January really feels in Ouargla

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.

Ouargla 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	18° / 6°	7	1.2	10.1	7.5
Feb	20° / 8°	3	0.8	10.8	8.3
Mar	24° / 12°	5	1	11.8	9.0
Apr	29° / 16°	4	0.7	12.8	7.4
May	34° / 21°	2	0.3	13.6	4.1
Jun	39° / 26°	0	0.1	14	0.9
Jul	42° / 28°	0	0	13.9	0.0
Aug	41° / 28°	0	0	13.2	0.0
Sep	36° / 24°	3	0.7	12.2	2.4
Oct	30° / 18°	4	0.6	11.2	6.4
Nov	23° / 11°	4	0.9	10.4	8.8
Dec	18° / 7°	4	1.1	9.9	7.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	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 (%)	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	83	83	82	81	81	81	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	83
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	85	15
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ouargla gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.2 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 4% 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	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2

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

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 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	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 7:44 AM to 7:39 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 6:05 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	10.0	10.0	10.0	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	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:39
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	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	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:44	5:40
2	10.0	7:44	5:41
3	10.0	7:44	5:42
4	10.0	7:44	5:42
5	10.0	7:44	5:43
6	10.0	7:44	5:44
7	10.0	7:45	5:44
8	10.0	7:45	5:45
9	10.0	7:45	5:46
10	10.0	7:45	5:47
11	10.0	7:45	5:48
12	10.1	7:45	5:48
13	10.1	7:45	5:49
14	10.1	7:45	5:50
15	10.1	7:44	5:51
16	10.1	7:44	5:52
17	10.1	7:44	5:53
18	10.2	7:44	5:53
19	10.2	7:44	5:54
20	10.2	7:43	5:55
21	10.2	7:43	5:56
22	10.2	7:43	5:57
23	10.3	7:43	5:58
24	10.3	7:42	5:59
25	10.3	7:42	6:00
26	10.3	7:41	6:00
27	10.3	7:41	6:01
28	10.4	7:41	6:02
29	10.4	7:40	6:03
30	10.4	7:40	6:04
31	10.4	7:39	6:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.72 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	3.5	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	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ouargla

In seasonPeak

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

Ouargla sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ouargla?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Ouargla for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ouargla in January

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

In January, Ouargla sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Ouargla 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 Ouargla peaks around June 20 at about 11 (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	6	7	6	8	11	10	8	7	6	5	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Ouargla 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 Ouargla is worst in April — around 102 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 40 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)	46	58	80	102	92	89	60	59	61	49	42	40
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	58	Unhealthy
Mar	80	Unhealthy
Apr	102	Unhealthy
May	92	Unhealthy
Jun	89	Unhealthy
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	59	Unhealthy
Sep	61	Unhealthy
Oct	49	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ouargla?

Ouargla sits at 31.9°N, 5.3°E, 138 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Rouissat, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Ouargla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ouargla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m.

The land around Ouargla is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (88%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

14 m

artificial surfaces 57%

16 km

132 m

bare terrain 88%

80 km

208 m

bare terrain 99%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Rouissat 4.0 km · El Hadjira 76 km · Hassi Messaoud 77 km · Guerara 122 km · Touggourt 147 km · Tebesbest 148 km · Megarine 156 km · Taïbet 161 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 Ouargla (31.9493°, 5.325°, elevation 138 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	18	6
2	17	6
3	17	6
4	17	6
5	17	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	18	6
23	18	6
24	18	6
25	18	6
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	18	7
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	85	15
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	85	15
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	85	15
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

	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