Fada weather in January

In January, Fada sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 29°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 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Fada's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fada's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:11 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 9th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

Fada is city in 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 27°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical January day in Fada reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 33°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14

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

How January really feels in Fada

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.

Fada weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 13°	0	0	11.1	8.4
Feb	30° / 15°	0	0	11.4	6.6
Mar	34° / 19°	0	0	11.9	4.0
Apr	38° / 24°	0	0	12.4	1.5
May	40° / 26°	1	0.3	12.8	0.3
Jun	40° / 27°	1	0.3	13	0.4
Jul	37° / 26°	11	2.3	12.9	1.7
Aug	36° / 25°	25	5.6	12.6	2.2
Sep	38° / 26°	6	1.4	12.1	1.5
Oct	36° / 23°	0	0.1	11.6	2.9
Nov	32° / 18°	0	0	11.2	5.8
Dec	28° / 14°	0	0	11	8.1

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 10% 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 (%)	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Fada 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 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 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 6:07 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 5:07 PM to 5:24 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)	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10
Sunset (PM)	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	6:07	5:07
2	11.0	6:08	5:07
3	11.0	6:08	5:08
4	11.0	6:08	5:08
5	11.0	6:08	5:09
6	11.0	6:09	5:09
7	11.0	6:09	5:10
8	11.0	6:09	5:11
9	11.0	6:09	5:11
10	11.0	6:10	5:12
11	11.0	6:10	5:12
12	11.0	6:10	5:13
13	11.1	6:10	5:13
14	11.1	6:10	5:14
15	11.1	6:11	5:15
16	11.1	6:11	5:15
17	11.1	6:11	5:16
18	11.1	6:11	5:16
19	11.1	6:11	5:17
20	11.1	6:11	5:18
21	11.1	6:11	5:18
22	11.1	6:11	5:19
23	11.1	6:11	5:19
24	11.1	6:11	5:20
25	11.2	6:11	5:20
26	11.2	6:11	5:21
27	11.2	6:11	5:22
28	11.2	6:11	5:22
29	11.2	6:11	5:23
30	11.2	6:10	5:23
31	11.2	6:10	5:24

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.8 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	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
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Fada

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Fada?

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

8.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Fada in January

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

In January, Fada sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Fada in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fada peaks around September 10 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (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)	8	10	11	12	12	11	10	12	12	11	8	6
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Fada 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 Fada is worst in March — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (September, 44 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)	81	91	93	74	65	56	56	46	44	58	51	73
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	81	Unhealthy
Feb	91	Unhealthy
Mar	93	Unhealthy
Apr	74	Unhealthy
May	65	Unhealthy
Jun	56	Unhealthy
Jul	56	Unhealthy
Aug	46	Poor
Sep	44	Poor
Oct	58	Unhealthy
Nov	51	Poor
Dec	73	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Fada?

Fada sits at 17.2°N, 21.6°E, 562 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Amdjarass, 183 km away.

Topography around Fada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 572 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 852 m.

The land around Fada is covered by bare terrain (97%) within 3 km, bare terrain (100%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

188 m

bare terrain 97%

16 km

381 m

bare terrain 100%

80 km

852 m

bare terrain 99%

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

January weather nearby: Amdjarass 183 km · Iriba 242 km · Faya-Largeau 275 km · Biltine 304 km · Abéché 382 km · Adré 420 km · El Geneina Fort 424 km · 'Ārdamatā 424 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 Fada (17.1919°, 21.5808°, elevation 562 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	27	12
2	27	12
3	27	12
4	27	12
5	27	12
6	27	12
7	27	12
8	27	12
9	27	12
10	27	12
11	27	12
12	27	12
13	27	12
14	27	12
15	27	12
16	27	12
17	27	12
18	28	13
19	28	13
20	28	13
21	28	13
22	28	13
23	28	13
24	28	13
25	28	13
26	29	13
27	29	14
28	29	14
29	29	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	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