Bogué weather in January

In January, Bogué sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bogué's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bogué's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 7:33 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 8th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bogué reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°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	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	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

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

How January really feels in Bogué

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 8 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.

Bogué weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 18°	2	0.2	11.1	5.2
Feb	34° / 20°	1	0.2	11.4	3.8
Mar	37° / 23°	1	0.1	11.9	2.0
Apr	40° / 25°	0	0	12.4	0.4
May	41° / 27°	0	0.1	12.8	0.0
Jun	41° / 27°	4	0.8	13	0.0
Jul	38° / 27°	18	3.3	12.9	1.2
Aug	36° / 27°	61	7.7	12.6	2.0
Sep	37° / 27°	43	7.5	12.1	1.5
Oct	39° / 27°	13	2.4	11.6	0.7
Nov	37° / 23°	1	0.2	11.2	2.2
Dec	33° / 20°	2	0.3	11	4.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	59	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68
Cloudier (%)	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
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

Bogué gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
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 98% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
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	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	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
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	17	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:29 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:48 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)	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33	7:33
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:29	6:31
2	11.0	7:30	6:32
3	11.0	7:30	6:32
4	11.0	7:30	6:33
5	11.0	7:31	6:33
6	11.0	7:31	6:34
7	11.1	7:31	6:34
8	11.1	7:32	6:35
9	11.1	7:32	6:36
10	11.1	7:32	6:36
11	11.1	7:32	6:37
12	11.1	7:32	6:37
13	11.1	7:33	6:38
14	11.1	7:33	6:38
15	11.1	7:33	6:39
16	11.1	7:33	6:40
17	11.1	7:33	6:40
18	11.1	7:33	6:41
19	11.1	7:33	6:41
20	11.1	7:33	6:42
21	11.2	7:33	6:43
22	11.2	7:33	6:43
23	11.2	7:33	6:44
24	11.2	7:33	6:44
25	11.2	7:33	6:45
26	11.2	7:33	6:45
27	11.2	7:33	6:46
28	11.2	7:33	6:46
29	11.2	7:33	6:47
30	11.2	7:33	6:48
31	11.3	7:33	6:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.45 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bogué

In seasonPeak

In January, Bogué sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bogué sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Bogué?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.1

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bogué in January

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

In January, Bogué sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bogué in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bogué peaks around March 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (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)	8	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Bogué 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 Bogué is worst in February — around 134 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (August, 42 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)	126	134	104	108	118	116	67	42	44	62	63	112
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	126	Unhealthy
Feb	134	Unhealthy
Mar	104	Unhealthy
Apr	108	Unhealthy
May	118	Unhealthy
Jun	116	Unhealthy
Jul	67	Unhealthy
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	44	Poor
Oct	62	Unhealthy
Nov	63	Unhealthy
Dec	112	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Bogué?

Bogué sits at 16.6°N, 14.3°W, 15 m above sea level, in Mauritania. The nearest listed city is Ndioum, 42 km away.

Topography around Bogué

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bogué has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m.

The land around Bogué is covered by grassland (31%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) within 16 km, and grassland (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

grassland 31%

16 km

44 m

grassland 68%

80 km

97 m

grassland 84%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

January weather nearby: Ndioum 42 km · Aleg 63 km · Podor 75 km · Kaédi 94 km · Thilogne 98 km · Tékane 116 km · Boutilimitt 116 km · Dagana 143 km

Mauritania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,198; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 1; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 25.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; 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 Bogué (16.5915°, -14.2631°, elevation 15 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	19
2	32	19
3	32	19
4	32	19
5	32	19
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	18
10	32	18
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	32	19
26	32	19
27	32	19
28	32	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
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	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
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	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
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	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
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	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
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	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
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	98	2
31	98	2