Bourail weather in January

In January, Bourail sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 148 mm of rain across 16 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bourail's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bourail's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
148 mm
16 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:32 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
69%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Bourail is human settlement in France.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Bourail reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Bourail

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 6 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
6
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bourail weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°1481613.24.4
Feb30° / 22°15817.612.74.0
Mar29° / 22°18618.812.24.4
Apr27° / 20°11513.411.55.8
May25° / 18°898.9116.8
Jun24° / 16°766.910.77.3
Jul23° / 15°63610.87.4
Aug23° / 15°726.511.37.4
Sep25° / 16°455.411.97.6
Oct27° / 17°426.712.57.0
Nov28° / 19°738.6136.0
Dec29° / 20°10713.613.34.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33862
43862
53763
63763
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bourail gets around 148 mm of rain over 16 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 52% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
156
256
356
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655
754
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2149
2249
2350
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2853
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3054
3155

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 42% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
122143341
222043341
322042342
412042342
512042342
612142342
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:22 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:226:40
213.35:236:40
313.35:246:41
413.35:246:41
513.35:256:41
613.35:256:41
713.35:266:42
813.35:276:42
913.25:276:42
1013.25:286:42
1113.25:296:42
1213.25:296:42
1313.25:306:43
1413.25:316:43
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1613.25:326:43
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1813.25:336:43
1913.15:346:43
2013.15:346:43
2113.15:356:43
2213.15:366:43
2313.15:366:43
2413.15:376:42
2513.15:386:42
2613.15:386:42
2713.05:396:42
2813.05:406:42
2913.05:406:42
3013.05:416:41
3113.05:426:41

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 3.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 6.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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276.0Intense
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bourail

In seasonPeak

In January, Bourail sits inside its cyclone and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bourail sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Bourail's rainy season runs December–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Bourail?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bourail for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bourail in January

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

In January, Bourail sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bourail in January

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 27°C and coldest in August near 23°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr26Warm
May25Warm
Jun24Warm
Jul23Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep23Refreshing
Oct24Refreshing
Nov25Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Bourail in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bourail peaks around February 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeFeb 14UV 15Jul 10UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Bourail?

Bourail sits at 21.6°S, 165.5°E, 0 m above sea level, in New Caledonia. The nearest listed city is Dumbéa, 119 km away.

DumbéaNoumeaMont-DoreOuvéa

Topography around Bourail

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bourail has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,091 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,492 m.

The land around Bourail is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
424 m
16 km
1,091 m
80 km
1,492 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
January weather nearby: Dumbéa 119 km · Noumea 126 km · Mont-Dore 135 km · Ouvéa 148 km · Port Vila 518 km · Kingston 869 km · Sigatoka 1,312 km · Nadi 1,316 km

New Caledonia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
GDP per capita
$29,213
2024
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.1
per 100k, 2009
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 85%unaffiliated 10%Muslim 3%other 2%

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 Bourail (-21.5669°, 165.4974°, elevation 0 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).