Goz Beida weather in January

In January, Goz Beida sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Goz Beida's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Goz Beida's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 34°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:03 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Goz Beida is place in Sila, 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 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical January day in Goz Beida reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 37°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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	17
2	33	17
3	33	17
4	33	17
5	33	17
6	33	17
7	33	17
8	33	17
9	33	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	17
13	33	17
14	33	17
15	33	17
16	33	17
17	34	18
18	34	18
19	34	18
20	34	18
21	34	18
22	34	18
23	34	18
24	34	18
25	34	18
26	35	18
27	35	18
28	35	18
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

How January really feels in Goz Beida

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

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.

Goz Beida weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 18°	0	0	11.4	4.2
Feb	36° / 20°	0	0	11.6	2.5
Mar	39° / 23°	1	0.3	11.9	0.9
Apr	40° / 25°	6	2	12.3	0.3
May	38° / 26°	29	7.4	12.6	0.9
Jun	36° / 25°	68	13.6	12.7	1.9
Jul	31° / 23°	209	24.1	12.6	2.9
Aug	30° / 22°	290	26.6	12.4	3.2
Sep	31° / 22°	126	17.6	12.1	3.6
Oct	34° / 22°	24	4.7	11.7	3.8
Nov	35° / 21°	1	0.1	11.4	3.5
Dec	34° / 18°	0	0	11.3	4.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 20%.

	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 (%)	84	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79
Cloudier (%)	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Goz Beida 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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	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
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 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 5:59 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:31 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	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
Sunset (PM)	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	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	5:31	5:31	5:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	5:59	5:16
2	11.3	5:59	5:17
3	11.3	5:59	5:17
4	11.3	6:00	5:18
5	11.3	6:00	5:18
6	11.3	6:00	5:19
7	11.3	6:01	5:19
8	11.3	6:01	5:20
9	11.3	6:01	5:21
10	11.3	6:02	5:21
11	11.3	6:02	5:22
12	11.3	6:02	5:22
13	11.3	6:02	5:23
14	11.3	6:03	5:23
15	11.3	6:03	5:24
16	11.4	6:03	5:24
17	11.4	6:03	5:25
18	11.4	6:03	5:25
19	11.4	6:04	5:26
20	11.4	6:04	5:26
21	11.4	6:04	5:27
22	11.4	6:04	5:27
23	11.4	6:04	5:28
24	11.4	6:04	5:28
25	11.4	6:04	5:29
26	11.4	6:04	5:29
27	11.4	6:04	5:30
28	11.4	6:04	5:30
29	11.4	6:04	5:31
30	11.5	6:04	5:31
31	11.5	6:04	5:31

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	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	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Goz Beida

In seasonPeak

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

Goz Beida's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Goz Beida sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Goz Beida?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Goz Beida in January

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

In January, Goz Beida sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Goz Beida 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 Goz Beida peaks around August 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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)	10	12	11	11	9	11	11	13	11	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Goz Beida 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 Goz Beida is worst in March — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (August, 16 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)	20	31	52	38	24	25	19	16	18	22	19	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	52	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	24	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Goz Beida?

Goz Beida sits at 12.2°N, 21.4°E, 567 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Adré, 162 km away.

Topography around Goz Beida

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goz Beida has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 265 m around an average of 581 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 472 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m.

The land around Goz Beida is covered by grassland (45%) and cropland (43%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

265 m

grassland 45%

16 km

472 m

grassland 68%

80 km

534 m

grassland 72%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

January weather nearby: Adré 162 km · Al-Junaynah 177 km · El Geneina Fort 179 km · Am Timan 180 km · 'Ārdamatā 181 km · Abéché 189 km · Mangalmé 196 km · Umm Hājar 221 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 Goz Beida (12.2264°, 21.4098°, elevation 567 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	33	17
2	33	17
3	33	17
4	33	17
5	33	17
6	33	17
7	33	17
8	33	17
9	33	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	17
13	33	17
14	33	17
15	33	17
16	33	17
17	34	18
18	34	18
19	34	18
20	34	18
21	34	18
22	34	18
23	34	18
24	34	18
25	34	18
26	35	18
27	35	18
28	35	18
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

	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	33	17
2	33	17
3	33	17
4	33	17
5	33	17
6	33	17
7	33	17
8	33	17
9	33	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	17
13	33	17
14	33	17
15	33	17
16	33	17
17	34	18
18	34	18
19	34	18
20	34	18
21	34	18
22	34	18
23	34	18
24	34	18
25	34	18
26	35	18
27	35	18
28	35	18
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

	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	33	17
2	33	17
3	33	17
4	33	17
5	33	17
6	33	17
7	33	17
8	33	17
9	33	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	17
13	33	17
14	33	17
15	33	17
16	33	17
17	34	18
18	34	18
19	34	18
20	34	18
21	34	18
22	34	18
23	34	18
24	34	18
25	34	18
26	35	18
27	35	18
28	35	18
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

	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