Laï weather in January

In January, Laï sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-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 Laï's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laï's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 35°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:19 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Laï is commune 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 34°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical January day in Laï reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 38°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)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	17
2	34	17
3	34	17
4	34	17
5	34	17
6	34	17
7	34	17
8	34	17
9	34	17
10	34	17
11	34	17
12	34	18
13	34	18
14	34	18
15	34	18
16	34	18
17	35	18
18	35	18
19	35	18
20	35	18
21	35	18
22	35	18
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	36	19
26	36	19
27	36	19
28	36	19
29	36	19
30	36	19
31	36	19

How January really feels in Laï

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.

Laï weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 18°	0	0	11.5	3.5
Feb	38° / 21°	0	0	11.7	1.5
Mar	40° / 25°	2	0.5	11.9	0.1
Apr	40° / 28°	16	4.7	12.2	0.3
May	37° / 27°	59	11.3	12.4	1.6
Jun	33° / 24°	97	14.8	12.5	3.0
Jul	31° / 23°	183	23.8	12.5	3.1
Aug	30° / 23°	237	26.4	12.3	3.1
Sep	31° / 23°	154	21.7	12.1	3.2
Oct	33° / 23°	50	9.9	11.8	3.4
Nov	35° / 21°	1	0.4	11.6	3.0
Dec	34° / 18°	0	0	11.5	3.7

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%.

	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 (%)	76	75	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68
Cloudier (%)	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Laï 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 10 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	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

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 6:14 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 5:56 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:14	5:42
2	11.5	6:15	5:42
3	11.5	6:15	5:43
4	11.5	6:15	5:43
5	11.5	6:16	5:44
6	11.5	6:16	5:44
7	11.5	6:16	5:45
8	11.5	6:17	5:45
9	11.5	6:17	5:46
10	11.5	6:17	5:46
11	11.5	6:18	5:47
12	11.5	6:18	5:47
13	11.5	6:18	5:48
14	11.5	6:18	5:48
15	11.5	6:19	5:49
16	11.5	6:19	5:49
17	11.5	6:19	5:50
18	11.5	6:19	5:50
19	11.5	6:19	5:51
20	11.5	6:20	5:51
21	11.5	6:20	5:52
22	11.5	6:20	5:52
23	11.5	6:20	5:52
24	11.5	6:20	5:53
25	11.6	6:20	5:53
26	11.6	6:20	5:54
27	11.6	6:20	5:54
28	11.6	6:20	5:55
29	11.6	6:21	5:55
30	11.6	6:21	5:55
31	11.6	6:21	5:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.97 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.25 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)	6.1	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	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5
Level	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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Laï

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Laï?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.1

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Laï in January

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

In January, Laï sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Laï in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Laï peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (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)	11	12	14	12	10	11	12	13	11	11	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Laï 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 Laï is worst in March — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 13 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)	52	53	62	36	19	17	13	16	18	25	31	52
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	52	Poor
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	62	Unhealthy
Apr	36	Poor
May	19	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	52	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Laï?

Laï sits at 9.4°N, 16.3°E, 363 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Béré, 18 km away.

Topography around Laï

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laï has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 357 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m.

The land around Laï is covered by cropland (39%) and grassland (38%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

cropland 39%

16 km

23 m

cropland 49%

80 km

219 m

cropland 50%

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

January weather nearby: Béré 18 km · Déressia 41 km · Benoy 46 km · Kelo 55 km · Bébédja 85 km · Goré 86 km · Gounou Gaya 90 km · Moundou 95 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 Laï (9.3972°, 16.3007°, elevation 363 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	34	17
2	34	17
3	34	17
4	34	17
5	34	17
6	34	17
7	34	17
8	34	17
9	34	17
10	34	17
11	34	17
12	34	18
13	34	18
14	34	18
15	34	18
16	34	18
17	35	18
18	35	18
19	35	18
20	35	18
21	35	18
22	35	18
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	36	19
26	36	19
27	36	19
28	36	19
29	36	19
30	36	19
31	36	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	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	34	17
2	34	17
3	34	17
4	34	17
5	34	17
6	34	17
7	34	17
8	34	17
9	34	17
10	34	17
11	34	17
12	34	18
13	34	18
14	34	18
15	34	18
16	34	18
17	35	18
18	35	18
19	35	18
20	35	18
21	35	18
22	35	18
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	36	19
26	36	19
27	36	19
28	36	19
29	36	19
30	36	19
31	36	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	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	34	17
2	34	17
3	34	17
4	34	17
5	34	17
6	34	17
7	34	17
8	34	17
9	34	17
10	34	17
11	34	17
12	34	18
13	34	18
14	34	18
15	34	18
16	34	18
17	35	18
18	35	18
19	35	18
20	35	18
21	35	18
22	35	18
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	36	19
26	36	19
27	36	19
28	36	19
29	36	19
30	36	19
31	36	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	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