Boutilimitt weather in January

In January, Boutilimitt sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Boutilimitt's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boutilimitt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 7:36 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 8th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

← December Boutilimitt 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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Boutilimitt reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 33°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)	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

How January really feels in Boutilimitt

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.

Boutilimitt weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 17°	3	0.2	11.1	6.9
Feb	31° / 18°	1	0.4	11.4	5.5
Mar	34° / 20°	1	0.2	11.9	3.8
Apr	37° / 23°	0	0.1	12.4	2.1
May	39° / 25°	0	0	12.8	0.5
Jun	40° / 26°	1	0.4	13	0.2
Jul	37° / 25°	5	1.2	12.9	1.6
Aug	37° / 26°	29	4.5	12.6	2.0
Sep	37° / 27°	30	4.4	12.1	1.6
Oct	38° / 26°	8	1.3	11.6	1.6
Nov	34° / 22°	1	0.3	11.2	3.6
Dec	31° / 18°	3	0.3	11	6.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 33%. 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 (%)	62	62	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	68	68	69	69	68	68	69	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68
Cloudier (%)	38	38	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	32	32	32	31	31	32	32	31	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Boutilimitt gets around 3 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 (%)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
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	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 97% 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	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in January

Winds average 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 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 7:33 AM to 7:36 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	11.0	11.0	11.0	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	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:35	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:36
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	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48

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

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.32 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)	5.1	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	5.6	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	5.1	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	5.6	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 Boutilimitt

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Boutilimitt?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Boutilimitt in January

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

In January, Boutilimitt sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Boutilimitt 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 Boutilimitt peaks around March 13 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 6 (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	11	12	10	11	10	10	11	10	9	8	6
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Boutilimitt 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 Boutilimitt is worst in February — around 150 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 58 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)	148	150	116	120	133	136	85	58	59	80	82	137
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	148	Unhealthy
Feb	150	Unhealthy
Mar	116	Unhealthy
Apr	120	Unhealthy
May	133	Unhealthy
Jun	136	Unhealthy
Jul	85	Unhealthy
Aug	58	Unhealthy
Sep	59	Unhealthy
Oct	80	Unhealthy
Nov	82	Unhealthy
Dec	137	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Boutilimitt?

Boutilimitt sits at 17.5°N, 14.7°W, 51 m above sea level, in Mauritania. The nearest listed city is Aleg, 100 km away.

Topography around Boutilimitt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boutilimitt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m.

The land around Boutilimitt is covered by bare terrain (95%) within 3 km, bare terrain (79%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

54 m

bare terrain 95%

16 km

58 m

bare terrain 79%

80 km

80 m

bare terrain 60%

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

January weather nearby: Aleg 100 km · Podor 104 km · Ndioum 115 km · Bogué 116 km · Tékane 126 km · Dar Naim 144 km · Ksar 147 km · Nouakchott 148 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 Boutilimitt (17.5458°, -14.6978°, elevation 51 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	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	29	17
9	29	17
10	29	17
11	29	17
12	29	17
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	17
24	29	17
25	29	17
26	30	17
27	30	17
28	30	17
29	30	17
30	30	17
31	30	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
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	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
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	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
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	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4