Amdjarass weather in January

In January, Amdjarass sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Amdjarass's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amdjarass's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:04 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 8th clearest
Wind: 25 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.1; out of 10

Amdjarass is place in Ennedi-Est.

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

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical January day in Amdjarass reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How January really feels in Amdjarass

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Amdjarass weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 10°	0	0	11.2	9.1
Feb	26° / 13°	0	0.1	11.5	9.1
Mar	30° / 17°	0	0	11.9	6.8
Apr	34° / 21°	0	0	12.4	4.2
May	36° / 23°	1	0.2	12.7	2.6
Jun	37° / 24°	2	0.8	12.9	2.3
Jul	35° / 23°	37	6.1	12.9	3.1
Aug	33° / 22°	67	10.7	12.5	3.5
Sep	35° / 23°	7	1.8	12.1	3.3
Oct	32° / 21°	0	0.1	11.6	5.3
Nov	27° / 15°	0	0	11.3	8.8
Dec	23° / 11°	0	0	11.1	9.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	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 (%)	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88
Cloudier (%)	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	88	12

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Amdjarass 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 25 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 25 km/h on the calmest days to 25 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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	25	breezy
2	25	breezy
3	25	breezy
4	25	breezy
5	25	breezy
6	25	breezy
7	25	breezy
8	25	breezy
9	25	breezy
10	25	breezy
11	25	breezy
12	25	breezy
13	25	breezy
14	25	breezy
15	25	breezy
16	25	breezy
17	25	breezy
18	25	breezy
19	25	breezy
20	25	breezy
21	25	breezy
22	25	breezy
23	25	breezy
24	25	breezy
25	25	breezy
26	25	breezy
27	25	breezy
28	25	breezy
29	25	breezy
30	25	breezy
31	25	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:04 PM to 5:20 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)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:00	5:04
2	11.1	6:00	5:04
3	11.1	6:01	5:05
4	11.1	6:01	5:05
5	11.1	6:01	5:06
6	11.1	6:02	5:06
7	11.1	6:02	5:07
8	11.1	6:02	5:08
9	11.1	6:02	5:08
10	11.1	6:03	5:09
11	11.1	6:03	5:09
12	11.1	6:03	5:10
13	11.1	6:03	5:10
14	11.1	6:03	5:11
15	11.1	6:04	5:12
16	11.1	6:04	5:12
17	11.1	6:04	5:13
18	11.2	6:04	5:13
19	11.2	6:04	5:14
20	11.2	6:04	5:14
21	11.2	6:04	5:15
22	11.2	6:04	5:16
23	11.2	6:04	5:16
24	11.2	6:04	5:17
25	11.2	6:04	5:17
26	11.2	6:04	5:18
27	11.2	6:04	5:18
28	11.2	6:04	5:19
29	11.3	6:04	5:19
30	11.3	6:04	5:20
31	11.3	6:04	5:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Amdjarass

In seasonPeak

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

Amdjarass sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Amdjarass?

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

9.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Amdjarass for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Amdjarass in January

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

In January, Amdjarass sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes, sun protection and a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in Amdjarass in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amdjarass peaks around April 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 6 (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)	9	9	11	13	13	11	10	12	12	10	9	6
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Amdjarass 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 Amdjarass is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.9× the cleanest month (August, 35 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)	93	103	103	80	67	52	49	35	44	68	63	87
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	93	Unhealthy
Feb	103	Unhealthy
Mar	103	Unhealthy
Apr	80	Unhealthy
May	67	Unhealthy
Jun	52	Poor
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	35	Poor
Sep	44	Poor
Oct	68	Unhealthy
Nov	63	Unhealthy
Dec	87	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Amdjarass?

Amdjarass sits at 16.1°N, 22.8°E, 900 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Iriba, 123 km away.

Topography around Amdjarass

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amdjarass has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 912 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m.

The land around Amdjarass is covered by bare terrain (99%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

126 m

bare terrain 99%

16 km

301 m

bare terrain 96%

80 km

534 m

bare terrain 91%

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

January weather nearby: Iriba 123 km · Fada 183 km · Biltine 267 km · Kutum 286 km · 'Ārdamatā 291 km · El Geneina Fort 291 km · Al-Junaynah 294 km · Adré 297 km

Chad travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,022; 2025
Happiness: 4.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 6%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 32.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
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 Amdjarass (16.0667°, 22.8354°, elevation 900 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	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	23	10
19	23	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	88	12

	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