Mboursou Léré weather in January

In January, Mboursou Léré sees average daytime highs of 34°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 8th-warmest and 10th-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 59% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mboursou Léré's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mboursou Léré's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
8th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:28 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
37%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Mboursou Léré is settlement in 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 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical January day in Mboursou Léré reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Mboursou Léré

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.

Mboursou Léré weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°0011.53.9
Feb37° / 22°0011.72.0
Mar40° / 25°10.211.90.2
Apr40° / 27°113.112.20.2
May37° / 27°449.212.41.5
Jun34° / 25°6512.612.62.9
Jul31° / 24°1021712.53.5
Aug30° / 23°1642112.33.6
Sep31° / 23°10717.212.13.6
Oct34° / 23°387.411.83.1
Nov36° / 21°10.211.62.7
Dec34° / 19°0011.43.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mboursou Léré 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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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:235:50
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411.46:255:51
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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 6.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.06 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mboursou Léré

In seasonPeak

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

Mboursou Léré's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Mboursou Léré sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Rainy season
Dust
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Is January a good time to visit Mboursou Léré?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mboursou Léré in January

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

In January, Mboursou Léré sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mboursou Léré 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 Mboursou Léré peaks around March 14 at about 13 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 14UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mboursou Léré 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 Mboursou Léré is worst in March — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (July, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorMar 1179 µg/m³Jul 2016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan66Unhealthy
Feb76Unhealthy
Mar79Unhealthy
Apr55Poor
May28Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov38Poor
Dec58Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Mboursou Léré?

Mboursou Léré sits at 9.8°N, 14.2°E, 287 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Léré, 15 km away.

Topography around Mboursou Léré

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mboursou Léré has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m around an average of 298 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 956 m.

The land around Mboursou Léré is covered by shrubs (58%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%), grassland (25%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), grassland (33%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
228 m
16 km
467 m
80 km
956 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Léré 15 km · Figuil 21 km · Guider 29 km · Kaélé 50 km · Guidiguis 73 km · Pitoa 83 km · Maroua 94 km · Pala 94 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 Mboursou Léré (9.7639°, 14.1539°, elevation 287 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).