Kyabé weather in January

In January, Kyabé sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kyabé's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kyabé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:08 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
37%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Kyabé is place in Moyen-Chari Region, Chad.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical January day in Kyabé reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Kyabé

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.

Kyabé weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 19°0011.53.2
Feb37° / 21°0011.71.7
Mar39° / 25°30.911.90.6
Apr38° / 27°266.112.20.8
May36° / 26°7113.212.42.0
Jun33° / 24°10116.512.53.0
Jul30° / 23°2132612.53.1
Aug30° / 22°2492712.33.1
Sep30° / 22°16423.512.13.2
Oct32° / 23°6713.711.83.5
Nov35° / 21°3111.63.2
Dec35° / 19°0011.53.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27426
37426
47327
57327
67228
77129
87129
97030
106931
116931
126832
136733
146733
156733
166733
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186832
196832
206832
216931
226931
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247030
257030
267030
277030
287129
297129
307129
317129

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kyabé 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.

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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
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22991
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24991
25991
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27991
28991
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311000

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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511calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:045:31
211.56:045:32
311.56:045:32
411.56:055:33
511.56:055:33
611.56:065:34
711.56:065:34
811.56:065:35
911.56:075:35
1011.56:075:36
1111.56:075:36
1211.56:075:37
1311.56:085:37
1411.56:085:38
1511.56:085:38
1611.56:085:39
1711.56:095:39
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1911.56:095:40
2011.56:095:40
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2311.56:105:42
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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 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
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66.1Intense
76.2Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kyabé

In seasonPeak

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

Kyabé's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kyabé sees seasonal dust haze (March–April), heaviest in March.

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

Is January a good time to visit Kyabé?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kyabé in January

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

In January, Kyabé sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kyabé 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 Kyabé peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 20UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kyabé 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 Kyabé is worst in November — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateUnhealthyNov 2066 µg/m³Jul 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb35Moderate
Mar47Poor
Apr27Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov68Unhealthy
Dec57Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kyabé?

Kyabé sits at 9.5°N, 18.9°E, 390 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Sarh, 70 km away.

MaroKoumraMoïssalaKaboBédiondoNdéléAm Timan

Topography around Kyabé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kyabé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 387 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m.

The land around Kyabé is covered by cropland (59%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (46%), grassland (27%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (52%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
169 m
80 km
221 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
January weather nearby: Sarh 70 km · Maro 138 km · Koumra 164 km · Moïssala 179 km · Kabo 198 km · Bédiondo 214 km · Ndélé 220 km · Am Timan 230 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
Muslim 52%Protestant 24%Roman Catholic 20%none 3%

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 Kyabé (9.4515°, 18.9449°, elevation 390 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).