Pala weather in January

In January, Pala sees average daytime highs of 33°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 32°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 Pala's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:24 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Pala is town 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 32°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical January day in Pala reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°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 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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	33	18
10	33	18
11	33	18
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	34	18
20	34	18
21	34	18
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	34	19
25	34	19
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	35	19
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

How January really feels in Pala

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.

Pala 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	33° / 18°	0	0	11.5	4.3
Feb	36° / 21°	0	0	11.7	2.5
Mar	39° / 25°	1	0.5	11.9	0.7
Apr	39° / 27°	20	5.3	12.2	0.8
May	35° / 26°	73	13.4	12.4	2.1
Jun	32° / 24°	103	17	12.5	3.3
Jul	30° / 23°	164	22.9	12.5	3.5
Aug	29° / 22°	223	25.4	12.3	3.4
Sep	30° / 22°	167	22.8	12.1	3.4
Oct	32° / 23°	62	11.7	11.8	3.6
Nov	35° / 21°	1	0.4	11.6	3.4
Dec	33° / 18°	0	0	11.5	4.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. 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 (%)	75	75	74	73	73	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	70	70	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	25	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pala 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 11 km/h in January.

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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 6:20 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:01 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)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:20	5:47
2	11.5	6:20	5:48
3	11.5	6:20	5:48
4	11.5	6:21	5:49
5	11.5	6:21	5:49
6	11.5	6:22	5:50
7	11.5	6:22	5:50
8	11.5	6:22	5:51
9	11.5	6:23	5:51
10	11.5	6:23	5:52
11	11.5	6:23	5:52
12	11.5	6:23	5:53
13	11.5	6:24	5:53
14	11.5	6:24	5:54
15	11.5	6:24	5:54
16	11.5	6:24	5:55
17	11.5	6:25	5:55
18	11.5	6:25	5:56
19	11.5	6:25	5:56
20	11.5	6:25	5:57
21	11.5	6:25	5:57
22	11.5	6:25	5:58
23	11.5	6:26	5:58
24	11.5	6:26	5:59
25	11.6	6:26	5:59
26	11.6	6:26	5:59
27	11.6	6:26	6:00
28	11.6	6:26	6:00
29	11.6	6:26	6:01
30	11.6	6:26	6:01
31	11.6	6:26	6:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.77 kWh/m² to a high of 6.99 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.27 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	6.2	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	6.4	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	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.2	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	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	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	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	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 Pala

In seasonPeak

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

Pala's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pala sees seasonal dust haze (February–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 Pala?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Pala in January

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

In January, Pala sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Pala 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 Pala peaks around March 15 at about 13 (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	13	11	10	11	11	13	12	11	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Pala 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 Pala is worst in December — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (July, 14 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)	65	66	69	44	22	19	14	16	17	26	40	75
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	65	Unhealthy
Feb	66	Unhealthy
Mar	69	Unhealthy
Apr	44	Poor
May	22	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	75	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Pala?

Pala sits at 9.4°N, 14.9°E, 441 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Fianga, 66 km away.

Topography around Pala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 434 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m.

The land around Pala is covered by cropland (63%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

71 m

cropland 63%

16 km

217 m

cropland 66%

80 km

430 m

cropland 52%

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

January weather nearby: Fianga 66 km · Gounou Gaya 73 km · Léré 82 km · Guidiguis 88 km · Mboursou Léré 94 km · Kaélé 97 km · Kelo 99 km · Figuil 112 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 Pala (9.3646°, 14.9072°, elevation 441 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	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	33	18
10	33	18
11	33	18
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	34	18
20	34	18
21	34	18
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	34	19
25	34	19
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	35	19
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

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

	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	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	33	18
10	33	18
11	33	18
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	34	18
20	34	18
21	34	18
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	34	19
25	34	19
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	35	19
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

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

	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	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	33	18
10	33	18
11	33	18
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	34	18
20	34	18
21	34	18
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	34	19
25	34	19
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	35	19
29	35	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

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

	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