Moundou weather in January

In January, Moundou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 Moundou's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moundou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:18 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Moundou is city in Chad.

Founded: 1923

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 32°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical January day in Moundou reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 36°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	17
15	32	17
16	33	17
17	33	17
18	33	17
19	33	17
20	33	17
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	34	18
26	34	18
27	34	18
28	34	18
29	34	18
30	34	18
31	34	18

How January really feels in Moundou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 21 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.

Moundou weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-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	33° / 17°	0	0	11.6	4.7
Feb	35° / 20°	0	0	11.7	3.0
Mar	38° / 24°	3	0.8	11.9	1.3
Apr	37° / 26°	24	5.6	12.2	1.4
May	35° / 25°	74	12.4	12.4	2.5
Jun	32° / 23°	116	16.8	12.5	3.4
Jul	30° / 22°	203	24.8	12.4	3.3
Aug	29° / 22°	262	27.3	12.3	3.2
Sep	30° / 22°	175	22.3	12.1	3.4
Oct	32° / 22°	65	12.4	11.8	3.7
Nov	34° / 21°	3	0.7	11.6	3.7
Dec	33° / 18°	0	0	11.5	4.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	72	72	72	70	70	69	69	68	68	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	30	30	31	31	32	32	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Moundou 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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	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 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 5:58 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	11.6	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	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	6:20
Sunset (PM)	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	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:14	5:44
2	11.5	6:14	5:45
3	11.5	6:14	5:45
4	11.5	6:15	5:46
5	11.5	6:15	5:46
6	11.5	6:15	5:47
7	11.5	6:16	5:47
8	11.5	6:16	5:48
9	11.5	6:17	5:48
10	11.5	6:17	5:49
11	11.5	6:17	5:49
12	11.5	6:17	5:50
13	11.5	6:18	5:50
14	11.5	6:18	5:51
15	11.5	6:18	5:51
16	11.6	6:18	5:51
17	11.6	6:19	5:52
18	11.6	6:19	5:52
19	11.6	6:19	5:53
20	11.6	6:19	5:53
21	11.6	6:19	5:54
22	11.6	6:20	5:54
23	11.6	6:20	5:55
24	11.6	6:20	5:55
25	11.6	6:20	5:55
26	11.6	6:20	5:56
27	11.6	6:20	5:56
28	11.6	6:20	5:57
29	11.6	6:20	5:57
30	11.6	6:20	5:57
31	11.6	6:20	5:58

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.85 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.33 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)	6.2	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	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	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	6.2	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.4	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Moundou

In seasonPeak

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

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

Moundou 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 Moundou?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Moundou in January

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

In January, Moundou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Moundou 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 Moundou peaks around March 21 at about 14 (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	11	14	13	10	11	11	13	12	12	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Moundou 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 Moundou is worst in March — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× 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)	54	50	56	34	20	18	13	14	15	23	21	42
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	54	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	56	Unhealthy
Apr	34	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	42	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Moundou?

Moundou sits at 8.6°N, 16.1°E, 402 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Goré, 49 km away.

Topography around Moundou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moundou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 400 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m.

The land around Moundou is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

22 m

artificial surfaces 49%

16 km

145 m

cropland 57%

80 km

358 m

cropland 56%

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

January weather nearby: Goré 49 km · Benoy 53 km · Bébédja 55 km · Béré 83 km · Doba 86 km · Kelo 87 km · Laï 95 km · Touboro 119 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 Moundou (8.5744°, 16.0772°, elevation 402 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	32	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	17
15	32	17
16	33	17
17	33	17
18	33	17
19	33	17
20	33	17
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	34	18
26	34	18
27	34	18
28	34	18
29	34	18
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	17
15	32	17
16	33	17
17	33	17
18	33	17
19	33	17
20	33	17
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	34	18
26	34	18
27	34	18
28	34	18
29	34	18
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	17
15	32	17
16	33	17
17	33	17
18	33	17
19	33	17
20	33	17
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	34	18
26	34	18
27	34	18
28	34	18
29	34	18
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	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 (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	99	1
31	99	1