Berbérati weather in January

In January, Berbérati sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11.8 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 31% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Berbérati's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Berbérati's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:13 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
57%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Berbérati is City in Central African Republic.

Density
1,548/km²
people per km²

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 Berbérati 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 about 1°C warmer than December and on par with February.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 23 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
23
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.

Berbérati 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°132.311.84.6
Feb33° / 20°315.511.93.9
Mar32° / 21°12016.3123.4
Apr30° / 22°16821.112.13.4
May30° / 21°15322.312.23.7
Jun28° / 21°14422.512.24.1
Jul27° / 20°1562412.24.2
Aug28° / 20°19426.112.13.9
Sep28° / 20°22827.1123.5
Oct28° / 20°24827.411.93.4
Nov30° / 20°11315.911.84.3
Dec31° / 19°173.711.85.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 52%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
25941
35941
45941
55743
65743
75545
85545
95347
105248
115248
125050
134951
144951
154753
164654
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194357
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214258
224159
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274159
284258
294357
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314357

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Berbérati gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.3 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 8% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
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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 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 32% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1282225232
2292225222
3312124223
4322123213
5332023213
6342023212
7351923212
8361822212
9371822212
10371722212
11371722222
12381622222
13381621232
14371521242
15371521252
16361421262
17361420282
18351420292
19341320303
20331319323
21321219333
22311219353
23311219363
24301118373
25301118384
26291118384
27291018394
28281018395
29281018405
30281018405
3127918406

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:075:53
211.86:085:53
311.86:085:54
411.86:095:54
511.86:095:55
611.86:095:55
711.86:105:56
811.86:105:56
911.86:105:56
1011.86:115:57
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1211.86:125:58
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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 6 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 6 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
26.0Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Intense
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216.0Bright
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246.0Bright
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276.0Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Bright
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Berbérati

In seasonPeak

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

Berbérati's rainy season runs March–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Berbérati 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 Berbérati?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Berbérati in January

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Berbérati 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 Berbérati peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Berbérati 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 Berbérati is worst in January — around 94 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.3× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyJan 1393 µg/m³Sep 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan94Unhealthy
Feb74Unhealthy
Mar40Poor
Apr23Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep9Good
Oct12Good
Nov22Moderate
Dec87Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Berbérati?

Berbérati sits at 4.3°N, 15.8°E, 599 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Carnot, 76 km away.

NolaYokadoumaAbbaBaoroBatouriYalokéBouar

Topography around Berbérati

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Berbérati has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 561 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 437 m.

The land around Berbérati is covered by grassland (42%), trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (76%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
106 m
16 km
200 m
80 km
437 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Carnot 76 km · Nola 87 km · Yokadouma 117 km · Abba 139 km · Baoro 157 km · Batouri 159 km · Yaloké 187 km · Bouar 187 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 Berbérati (4.2612°, 15.7922°, elevation 599 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).