Reggane weather in January

In January, Reggane sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Reggane's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Reggane's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:54 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 20%; 4th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Reggane reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

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

How January really feels in Reggane

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.

Reggane 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	21° / 8°	2	0.2	10.5	8.8
Feb	24° / 10°	1	0.3	11.1	9.2
Mar	29° / 14°	1	0.3	11.8	7.5
Apr	34° / 19°	2	0.2	12.6	4.1
May	38° / 24°	0	0	13.3	1.1
Jun	43° / 28°	0	0	13.6	0.0
Jul	46° / 31°	0	0	13.5	0.0
Aug	44° / 30°	1	0.2	12.9	0.0
Sep	41° / 27°	1	0.3	12.2	0.2
Oct	35° / 21°	1	0.2	11.4	3.5
Nov	27° / 14°	1	0.2	10.7	8.2
Dec	22° / 9°	1	0.2	10.4	9.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

	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	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85
Cloudier (%)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Reggane gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	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	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:52 AM to 7:51 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:35 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)	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:51
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:52	6:13
2	10.4	7:52	6:14
3	10.4	7:53	6:14
4	10.4	7:53	6:15
5	10.4	7:53	6:15
6	10.4	7:53	6:16
7	10.4	7:53	6:17
8	10.4	7:54	6:18
9	10.4	7:54	6:18
10	10.4	7:54	6:19
11	10.4	7:54	6:20
12	10.4	7:54	6:20
13	10.5	7:54	6:21
14	10.5	7:54	6:22
15	10.5	7:54	6:23
16	10.5	7:54	6:23
17	10.5	7:54	6:24
18	10.5	7:54	6:25
19	10.5	7:54	6:26
20	10.5	7:53	6:26
21	10.6	7:53	6:27
22	10.6	7:53	6:28
23	10.6	7:53	6:29
24	10.6	7:53	6:29
25	10.6	7:52	6:30
26	10.6	7:52	6:31
27	10.7	7:52	6:32
28	10.7	7:52	6:32
29	10.7	7:51	6:33
30	10.7	7:51	6:34
31	10.7	7:51	6:35

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.47 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Reggane

In seasonPeak

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

Reggane sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), 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 Reggane?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Reggane in January

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

In January, Reggane sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Reggane in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Reggane peaks around September 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (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)	6	6	9	8	10	9	9	8	10	7	6	5
Level	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate

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

Air quality in Reggane 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 Reggane is worst in July — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 42 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)	49	74	67	73	71	69	79	74	65	62	42	58
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	49	Poor
Feb	74	Unhealthy
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	73	Unhealthy
May	71	Unhealthy
Jun	69	Unhealthy
Jul	79	Unhealthy
Aug	74	Unhealthy
Sep	65	Unhealthy
Oct	62	Unhealthy
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	58	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Reggane?

Reggane sits at 26.7°N, 0.2°E, 210 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Aoulef, 95 km away.

Topography around Reggane

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Reggane has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 205 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 274 m.

The land around Reggane is covered by bare terrain (89%) within 3 km, bare terrain (99%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

66 m

bare terrain 89%

16 km

144 m

bare terrain 99%

80 km

274 m

bare terrain 100%

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

January weather nearby: Aoulef 95 km · Adrar 137 km · In Salah 235 km · Timimoun 283 km · El Menia 504 km · Béchar 592 km · Merzouga 635 km · Moulay Ali Cherif 666 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 Reggane (26.7158°, 0.1714°, elevation 210 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	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	21	8
8	21	8
9	21	7
10	21	7
11	21	7
12	21	7
13	21	7
14	21	7
15	21	7
16	21	7
17	21	7
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	22	8
24	22	8
25	22	8
26	22	8
27	22	8
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	22	9
31	22	9

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	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