Baoro weather in January

In January, Baoro sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Baoro's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baoro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:14 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
52%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Baoro is human settlement in Central African Republic.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Baoro reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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 Baoro

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 25 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
25
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.

Baoro weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°20.411.74.7
Feb34° / 19°102.211.83.7
Mar32° / 21°6612123.4
Apr30° / 21°15320.912.13.5
May29° / 21°16523.412.33.8
Jun28° / 20°15023.412.34.2
Jul27° / 20°16325.512.34.1
Aug27° / 20°21526.912.23.9
Sep28° / 19°25127123.7
Oct28° / 19°21325.911.93.6
Nov30° / 19°498.511.74.8
Dec32° / 18°40.911.75.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26139
36040
46040
55941
65941
75842
85842
95743
105644
115644
125644
135545
145545
155545
165446
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285149
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Baoro gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 wet days in January, the driest 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 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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31
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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 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
195410
294420
394420
494420
594420
694420
794420
894420
993430
1092431
1192431
1292431
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1689452
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1887562
1985573
2085573
2184583
2284583
2383683
2482693
2581793
2680794
2780794
2880794
2980893
3080893
3180893

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 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 6:09 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:095:50
211.76:095:50
311.76:105:51
411.76:105:51
511.76:115:52
611.76:115:52
711.76:115:52
811.76:125:53
911.76:125:53
1011.76:125:54
1111.76:135:54
1211.76:135:55
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1411.76:145:56
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2211.76:165:59
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2711.76:176:01
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3011.76:176:02
3111.86:176:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 6.34 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Baoro

In seasonPeak

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

Baoro's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Baoro sees seasonal dust haze (March), heaviest in March.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Baoro?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Baoro in January

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

In January, Baoro sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baoro 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 Baoro peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Baoro 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 Baoro is worst in February — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.2× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 1653 µg/m³Sep 1011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan45Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar48Poor
Apr26Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Baoro?

Baoro sits at 5.7°N, 16.0°E, 728 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bouar, 51 km away.

CarnotBozoumAbbaBabouaYalokéBocarangaBerbérati

Topography around Baoro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baoro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 760 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 723 m.

The land around Baoro is covered by shrubs (44%), grassland (29%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
137 m
16 km
307 m
80 km
723 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Bouar 51 km · Carnot 81 km · Bozoum 86 km · Abba 97 km · Baboua 127 km · Yaloké 131 km · Bocaranga 151 km · Berbérati 157 km

Central African Republic travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$556
2025
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2019
Safe drinking water
6%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
20.1
per 100k, 2016
Road deaths
37.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank

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 Baoro (5.6667°, 15.9667°, elevation 728 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).