Sibut weather in January

In January, Sibut sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sibut's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sibut's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:02 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover
51%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Sibut is place in Kémo, 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 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sibut reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°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 Sibut

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.

Sibut weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°10.411.73.4
Feb36° / 22°71.811.82.6
Mar35° / 24°4710122.5
Apr33° / 24°851312.13.0
May32° / 23°10816.512.33.5
Jun30° / 22°11018.512.33.8
Jul29° / 22°17523.312.33.6
Aug29° / 21°21726.612.23.3
Sep30° / 21°18925123.2
Oct30° / 21°16824.111.93.3
Nov32° / 21°539.111.74.1
Dec34° / 20°40.811.74.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 43%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26535
36535
46436
56337
66337
76238
86238
96040
106040
115941
125941
135842
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155644
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sibut gets around 1 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 3% 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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
16815890
26914890
37013890
47112890
57112890
67211890
77211890
87310890
97310890
107310890
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 42 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 5:57 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:575:37
211.75:575:38
311.75:575:38
411.75:585:39
511.75:585:39
611.75:595:39
711.75:595:40
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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 6.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 6.26 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sibut

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Sibut?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sibut in January

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

In January, Sibut sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sibut 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 Sibut peaks around March 24 at about 13 (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 24UV 13Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Sibut 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 Sibut is worst in February — around 130 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 13.4× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateFeb 14121 µg/m³Sep 1310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan69Unhealthy
Feb130Unhealthy
Mar44Poor
Apr24Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sibut?

Sibut sits at 5.7°N, 19.1°E, 431 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Dekoa, 67 km away.

BoucaKouangoKaga-BandoroBoaliBégouaBanguiZongo

Topography around Sibut

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sibut has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 425 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m.

The land around Sibut is covered by shrubs (52%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and trees (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
288 m
80 km
353 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Dekoa 67 km · Bouca 124 km · Kouango 127 km · Kaga-Bandoro 142 km · Boali 146 km · Bégoua 153 km · Bangui 161 km · Zongo 162 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 Sibut (5.718°, 19.0739°, elevation 431 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).