Ndélé weather in January

In January, Ndélé sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ndélé's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ndélé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:00 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover
41%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Ndélé is market town in the 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 36°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ndélé reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Ndélé

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.

Ndélé weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 19°0011.62.9
Feb37° / 21°10.311.71.6
Mar38° / 24°143.811.91.1
Apr36° / 25°6010.812.21.7
May33° / 24°11517.312.42.7
Jun31° / 23°12819.712.53.3
Jul30° / 22°18225.112.43.3
Aug29° / 22°22226.212.33.3
Sep30° / 22°21026.4123.0
Oct31° / 22°14820.911.83.2
Nov34° / 21°132.211.63.4
Dec35° / 19°00.111.53.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ndélé gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in January

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

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 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 5:55 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:555:26
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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 6.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 6.31 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ndélé

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Monsoon
Dust
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Jul
Aug
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Oct
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ndélé?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ndélé in January

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

In January, Ndélé sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ndélé 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 Ndélé peaks around March 17 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 17UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ndélé 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 Ndélé is worst in December — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateDec 2361 µg/m³Aug 1612 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan59Unhealthy
Feb49Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr24Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ndélé?

Ndélé sits at 8.4°N, 20.6°E, 514 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Kyabé, 220 km away.

KyabéKaga-BandoroKaboIppyBriaSarhBatangafoDekoa

Topography around Ndélé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ndélé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m around an average of 545 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 481 m.

The land around Ndélé is covered by trees (41%), grassland (32%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
182 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
481 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Kyabé 220 km · Kaga-Bandoro 226 km · Kabo 236 km · Ippy 247 km · Bria 255 km · Sarh 262 km · Batangafo 288 km · Dekoa 290 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 Ndélé (8.4109°, 20.6473°, elevation 514 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).