Dar weather in January

In January, Dar sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.7 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dar's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:24 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover
56%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Dar reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Dar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Dar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°132.711.43.9
Feb34° / 24°101.911.63.3
Mar35° / 25°446.711.92.6
Apr35° / 26°9914.312.32.1
May34° / 26°20123.812.52.0
Jun33° / 25°22025.312.72.2
Jul32° / 25°25327.712.62.3
Aug32° / 25°2612812.42.3
Sep31° / 25°30828.112.12.3
Oct31° / 24°2492411.72.9
Nov32° / 24°9311.211.53.9
Dec32° / 23°334.911.34.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34951
45050
55149
65248
75248
85347
95446
105446
115446
125446
135545
145446
155446
165545
175545
185446
195446
205545
215545
225545
235644
245743
255842
265842
275842
286040
296040
306040
316139

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Dar gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
19
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48
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12133036181
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:195:38
211.36:205:39
311.36:205:39
411.36:205:40
511.36:215:40
611.36:215:41
711.36:215:42
811.36:225:42
911.36:225:43
1011.36:225:43
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1211.46:235:44
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3011.56:255:53
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Dar

In seasonPeak

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

Dar's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Dar?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dar. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dar in January

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

In January, Dar sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dar in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dar peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 19 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Nov 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Dar 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 Dar is worst in February — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateFeb 1844 µg/m³Nov 1617 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr33Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dar?

Dar sits at 11.8°N, 106.1°E, 59 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Mémót, 11 km away.

Dương Minh ChâuSnuolSuongTây NinhHòa ThànhPhú KhươngPreaek Prasab

Topography around Dar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 954 m.

The land around Dar is covered by trees (43%) and cropland (42%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
177 m
80 km
954 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Mémót 11 km · Dương Minh Châu 47 km · Snuol 48 km · Suong 49 km · Tây Ninh 53 km · Hòa Thành 56 km · Phú Khương 56 km · Preaek Prasab 63 km

Cambodia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / C / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,872
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
19.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 390
Religion
Buddhist 97%Muslim 2%other 1%Christian 0%

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 Dar (11.7885°, 106.0933°, elevation 59 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).