Biltine weather in January

In January, Biltine sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Biltine's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Biltine's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:09 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 4th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Biltine is place in Wadi Fira Region, Chad.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical January day in Biltine reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 36°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)	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	32	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	32	16
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	33	17
24	33	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	33	17
29	33	17
30	33	18
31	33	18

How January really feels in Biltine

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 13 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

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Biltine weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-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	32° / 17°	0	0	11.2	5.3
Feb	35° / 19°	0	0	11.5	3.7
Mar	37° / 22°	0	0	11.9	1.7
Apr	40° / 26°	1	0.3	12.3	0.2
May	40° / 27°	6	1.9	12.7	0.1
Jun	39° / 26°	15	4.2	12.8	0.9
Jul	35° / 24°	83	12.9	12.8	2.4
Aug	32° / 23°	160	19	12.5	3.2
Sep	35° / 24°	41	6.4	12.1	2.5
Oct	37° / 24°	4	1.2	11.7	1.8
Nov	35° / 21°	0	0	11.3	3.3
Dec	33° / 17°	0	0	11.2	4.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% 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 (%)	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	85	15
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	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Biltine 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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 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 6:05 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 5:30 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09
Sunset (PM)	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:05	5:14
2	11.2	6:05	5:15
3	11.2	6:06	5:15
4	11.2	6:06	5:16
5	11.2	6:06	5:16
6	11.2	6:07	5:17
7	11.2	6:07	5:17
8	11.2	6:07	5:18
9	11.2	6:07	5:18
10	11.2	6:08	5:19
11	11.2	6:08	5:20
12	11.2	6:08	5:20
13	11.2	6:08	5:21
14	11.2	6:08	5:21
15	11.2	6:09	5:22
16	11.2	6:09	5:22
17	11.2	6:09	5:23
18	11.2	6:09	5:23
19	11.2	6:09	5:24
20	11.3	6:09	5:25
21	11.3	6:09	5:25
22	11.3	6:09	5:26
23	11.3	6:09	5:26
24	11.3	6:09	5:27
25	11.3	6:09	5:27
26	11.3	6:09	5:28
27	11.3	6:09	5:28
28	11.3	6:09	5:29
29	11.3	6:09	5:29
30	11.3	6:09	5:30
31	11.4	6:09	5:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.77 kWh/m² to a high of 7.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.03 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	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3
Level	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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Biltine

In seasonPeak

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

Biltine sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Biltine?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Biltine in January

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

In January, Biltine sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Biltine 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 Biltine peaks around August 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very 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	11	11	10	10	11	10	12	11	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Biltine 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 Biltine is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (September, 22 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)	37	48	63	50	42	42	35	22	22	29	25	32
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	37	Poor
Feb	48	Poor
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	50	Poor
May	42	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	35	Poor
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Biltine?

Biltine sits at 14.5°N, 20.9°E, 518 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Abéché, 78 km away.

Topography around Biltine

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Biltine has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 516 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 398 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 773 m.

The land around Biltine is covered by grassland (58%) and bare terrain (37%) within 3 km, grassland (85%) within 16 km, and grassland (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

159 m

grassland 58%

16 km

398 m

grassland 85%

80 km

773 m

grassland 89%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Abéché 78 km · Iriba 157 km · Adré 181 km · Umm Hājar 191 km · El Geneina Fort 202 km · Al-Junaynah 203 km · 'Ārdamatā 205 km · Goz Beida 261 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 Biltine (14.5273°, 20.926°, elevation 518 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	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	32	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	32	16
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	33	17
24	33	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	33	17
29	33	17
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	85	15
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	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	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	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	32	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	32	16
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	33	17
24	33	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	33	17
29	33	17
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	85	15
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	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	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	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	32	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	32	16
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	33	17
24	33	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	33	17
29	33	17
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	85	15
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	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	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