Bougadoum weather in January

In January, Bougadoum sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bougadoum's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bougadoum's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:04 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 6th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

← December Bougadoum 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bougadoum reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18

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

How January really feels in Bougadoum

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bougadoum weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 17°	1	0.2	11.2	6.1
Feb	33° / 19°	1	0.1	11.5	4.3
Mar	37° / 23°	0	0	11.9	2.0
Apr	40° / 26°	1	0.4	12.3	0.1
May	41° / 29°	5	1.3	12.7	0.0
Jun	41° / 29°	11	3.1	12.9	0.1
Jul	37° / 27°	58	9.9	12.8	1.7
Aug	34° / 25°	108	12.2	12.5	2.9
Sep	36° / 26°	44	7.6	12.1	2.1
Oct	38° / 25°	11	2.2	11.6	1.2
Nov	36° / 22°	1	0.1	11.3	2.9
Dec	32° / 18°	0	0	11.1	5.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 33%.

	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 (%)	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69
Cloudier (%)	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
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	69	31

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bougadoum gets around 1 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 0% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	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	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
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26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:21 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)	11.1	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	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:00	6:05
2	11.1	7:01	6:05
3	11.1	7:01	6:06
4	11.1	7:01	6:06
5	11.1	7:02	6:07
6	11.1	7:02	6:08
7	11.1	7:02	6:08
8	11.1	7:03	6:09
9	11.1	7:03	6:09
10	11.1	7:03	6:10
11	11.1	7:03	6:10
12	11.1	7:04	6:11
13	11.1	7:04	6:12
14	11.1	7:04	6:12
15	11.1	7:04	6:13
16	11.2	7:04	6:13
17	11.2	7:04	6:14
18	11.2	7:04	6:14
19	11.2	7:05	6:15
20	11.2	7:05	6:16
21	11.2	7:05	6:16
22	11.2	7:05	6:17
23	11.2	7:05	6:17
24	11.2	7:05	6:18
25	11.2	7:05	6:18
26	11.2	7:05	6:19
27	11.2	7:05	6:19
28	11.3	7:04	6:20
29	11.3	7:04	6:20
30	11.3	7:04	6:21
31	11.3	7:04	6:21

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.23 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.39 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bougadoum

In seasonPeak

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

Bougadoum 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 Bougadoum?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bougadoum in January

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

In January, Bougadoum sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bougadoum in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bougadoum peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (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	10	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	10	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	10	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Bougadoum 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 Bougadoum is worst in February — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (August, 19 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)	88	89	77	61	58	60	34	19	21	46	52	82
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	88	Unhealthy
Feb	89	Unhealthy
Mar	77	Unhealthy
Apr	61	Unhealthy
May	58	Unhealthy
Jun	60	Unhealthy
Jul	34	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	46	Poor
Nov	52	Poor
Dec	82	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Bougadoum?

Bougadoum sits at 15.9°N, 7.4°W, 257 m above sea level, in Mauritania. The nearest listed city is Nara, 78 km away.

Topography around Bougadoum

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bougadoum has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 267 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m.

The land around Bougadoum is covered by grassland (83%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) and bare terrain (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

30 m

grassland 83%

16 km

59 m

grassland 74%

80 km

237 m

grassland 77%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Nara 78 km · Néma 84 km · Tembedgha 95 km · Mbera 169 km · Niono 233 km · Siribala Coro 244 km · Diéma 245 km · Nioro 249 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 Bougadoum (15.867°, -7.3692°, elevation 257 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	30	17
2	30	17
3	30	17
4	30	17
5	30	17
6	30	17
7	30	17
8	30	17
9	30	17
10	30	17
11	30	17
12	30	17
13	30	17
14	30	17
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	30	17
19	30	17
20	30	17
21	30	17
22	31	17
23	31	17
24	31	17
25	31	17
26	31	17
27	31	17
28	31	17
29	31	17
30	32	18
31	32	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
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	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	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
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	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	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
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	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	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	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	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0