Maroua weather in January

In January, Maroua sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Maroua's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maroua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:29 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Maroua is capital of the Far North Region of Cameroon.

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical January day in Maroua reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	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	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	32	17
16	32	17
17	32	17
18	32	17
19	32	17
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	18
28	33	18
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

How January really feels in Maroua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 13 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

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

Maroua weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 17°	0	0	11.4	5.3
Feb	35° / 20°	0	0	11.7	3.3
Mar	38° / 24°	0	0.2	11.9	1.0
Apr	39° / 27°	9	2.9	12.2	0.3
May	37° / 26°	38	8.9	12.5	1.5
Jun	34° / 24°	66	13.1	12.6	2.9
Jul	31° / 23°	119	18.8	12.6	3.5
Aug	30° / 22°	195	23.3	12.3	3.5
Sep	31° / 22°	109	18	12.1	3.6
Oct	34° / 22°	28	5.9	11.8	3.4
Nov	34° / 20°	1	0.2	11.5	3.7
Dec	32° / 18°	0	0	11.4	5.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

	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 (%)	79	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	75	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Maroua gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
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	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:02 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:24	5:48
2	11.4	6:25	5:48
3	11.4	6:25	5:49
4	11.4	6:25	5:49
5	11.4	6:26	5:50
6	11.4	6:26	5:50
7	11.4	6:26	5:51
8	11.4	6:27	5:51
9	11.4	6:27	5:52
10	11.4	6:27	5:52
11	11.4	6:28	5:53
12	11.4	6:28	5:53
13	11.4	6:28	5:54
14	11.4	6:28	5:54
15	11.4	6:29	5:55
16	11.4	6:29	5:55
17	11.4	6:29	5:56
18	11.5	6:29	5:56
19	11.5	6:29	5:57
20	11.5	6:29	5:57
21	11.5	6:30	5:58
22	11.5	6:30	5:58
23	11.5	6:30	5:59
24	11.5	6:30	5:59
25	11.5	6:30	6:00
26	11.5	6:30	6:00
27	11.5	6:30	6:00
28	11.5	6:30	6:01
29	11.5	6:30	6:01
30	11.5	6:30	6:02
31	11.5	6:30	6:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Maroua

In seasonPeak

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

Maroua's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Maroua sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Maroua?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Maroua for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Maroua in January

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

In January, Maroua sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Maroua in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maroua peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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)	10	12	13	11	10	11	12	13	11	11	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Maroua 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 Maroua is worst in March — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (July, 20 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)	77	87	89	62	34	27	20	22	27	40	45	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	77	Unhealthy
Feb	87	Unhealthy
Mar	89	Unhealthy
Apr	62	Unhealthy
May	34	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	40	Poor
Nov	45	Poor
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Maroua?

Maroua sits at 10.6°N, 14.3°E, 406 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Bogo, 36 km away.

Topography around Maroua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maroua has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m around an average of 410 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 587 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,150 m.

The land around Maroua is covered by artificial surfaces (36%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

320 m

artificial surfaces 36%

16 km

587 m

cropland 44%

80 km

1,150 m

grassland 47%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

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

January weather nearby: Bogo 36 km · Mora 54 km · Kaélé 56 km · Mokolo 59 km · Guidiguis 66 km · Maga 74 km · Guider 84 km · Gwoza 87 km

Cameroon travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,972; 2025
Happiness: 5.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 30.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 445
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 Maroua (10.5909°, 14.3159°, elevation 406 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	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	32	17
16	32	17
17	32	17
18	32	17
19	32	17
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	18
28	33	18
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	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	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	32	17
16	32	17
17	32	17
18	32	17
19	32	17
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	18
28	33	18
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	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	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	32	17
16	32	17
17	32	17
18	32	17
19	32	17
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	18
28	33	18
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	74	26
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	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