Bouarfa weather in January

In January, Bouarfa sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 11 mm of precipitation across 2.7 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bouarfa's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bouarfa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 11 mm; 2.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:15 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bouarfa reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 18°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	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	2	2	2	2

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

How January really feels in Bouarfa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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 cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bouarfa 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 2°	11	2.7	0.6	10.1	4.5
Feb	15° / 3°	11	2.4	0.5	10.8	5.6
Mar	18° / 6°	15	3.1	0.1	11.8	7.3
Apr	22° / 10°	13	2.8	0	12.8	8.4
May	27° / 14°	9	1.8	0	13.6	7.9
Jun	33° / 19°	6	1.4	0	14.1	4.8
Jul	37° / 23°	2	0.6	0	13.9	2.3
Aug	35° / 22°	5	1.2	0	13.2	2.9
Sep	30° / 18°	12	2.7	0	12.2	6.0
Oct	24° / 13°	15	3.1	0	11.2	8.3
Nov	17° / 7°	19	3	0.1	10.3	6.8
Dec	14° / 3°	10	2.3	0.5	9.9	4.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 23%.

	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 (%)	79	79	79	79	79	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bouarfa gets around 11 mm of rain and snow over 2.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 9% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	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 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:33 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09
Sunset (PM)	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:14	5:08
2	9.9	7:14	5:09
3	9.9	7:15	5:09
4	9.9	7:15	5:10
5	9.9	7:15	5:11
6	9.9	7:15	5:11
7	10.0	7:15	5:12
8	10.0	7:15	5:13
9	10.0	7:15	5:14
10	10.0	7:15	5:15
11	10.0	7:15	5:15
12	10.0	7:15	5:16
13	10.0	7:15	5:17
14	10.0	7:15	5:18
15	10.1	7:15	5:19
16	10.1	7:15	5:20
17	10.1	7:15	5:20
18	10.1	7:14	5:21
19	10.1	7:14	5:22
20	10.2	7:14	5:23
21	10.2	7:14	5:24
22	10.2	7:13	5:25
23	10.2	7:13	5:26
24	10.2	7:13	5:27
25	10.3	7:12	5:28
26	10.3	7:12	5:28
27	10.3	7:11	5:29
28	10.3	7:11	5:30
29	10.3	7:10	5:31
30	10.4	7:10	5:32
31	10.4	7:09	5:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.3 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.7 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)	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bouarfa

In seasonPeak

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

Bouarfa sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Bouarfa?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bouarfa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bouarfa in January

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

In January, Bouarfa sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Bouarfa in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bouarfa peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

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)	4	5	8	8	9	11	11	10	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Bouarfa 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 Bouarfa is worst in April — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.3× the cleanest month (December, 8 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)	10	20	25	35	33	33	34	35	33	20	12	8
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	35	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	34	Moderate
Aug	35	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Bouarfa?

Bouarfa sits at 32.5°N, 2.0°W, 1,169 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Béchar, 105 km away.

Topography around Bouarfa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bouarfa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 455 m around an average of 1,200 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 771 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,385 m.

The land around Bouarfa is covered by bare terrain (74%) within 3 km, bare terrain (89%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

455 m

bare terrain 74%

16 km

771 m

bare terrain 89%

80 km

1,385 m

bare terrain 94%

grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Béchar 105 km · Aïn Sefra 131 km · Aïn Beni Mathar 164 km · Outat Oulad Al Haj 186 km · Mecheria 193 km · Missour 198 km · Jerada 198 km · Taourirt 226 km

Morocco travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,672; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 80%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
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 Bouarfa (32.5338°, -1.9621°, elevation 1,169 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	13	2
2	13	2
3	13	2
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	13	2
8	13	2
9	13	2
10	13	2
11	13	2
12	13	2
13	13	2
14	13	2
15	13	2
16	13	2
17	13	2
18	13	2
19	13	2
20	13	2
21	13	2
22	13	2
23	13	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	13	2
27	13	2
28	13	2
29	13	2
30	13	2
31	13	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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