Abalak weather in January

In January, Abalak sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 Abalak's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abalak's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:09 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical January day in Abalak reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 33°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

How January really feels in Abalak

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.

Abalak weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 13°	0	0	11.2	7.7
Feb	32° / 16°	0	0	11.5	5.4
Mar	36° / 20°	0	0	11.9	2.6
Apr	40° / 24°	1	0.3	12.3	0.4
May	40° / 26°	5	1.5	12.7	0.0
Jun	39° / 27°	7	2.6	12.9	0.6
Jul	36° / 26°	33	8.7	12.8	1.9
Aug	35° / 25°	70	12.7	12.5	2.6
Sep	37° / 24°	17	4.2	12.1	1.9
Oct	37° / 23°	2	0.5	11.6	1.9
Nov	34° / 18°	0	0	11.3	4.2
Dec	30° / 14°	0	0	11.1	6.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

	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 (%)	82	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	80	80	80	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	82
Cloudier (%)	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Abalak gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	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	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 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 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	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
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
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 7:05 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:27 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	11.2	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	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27

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

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.52 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.8 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Abalak

In seasonPeak

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

Abalak 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 Abalak?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Abalak for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Abalak in January

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

In January, Abalak sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Abalak 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 Abalak peaks around March 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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	9	13	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	9	5
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	5	High

Air quality in Abalak 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 Abalak is worst in February — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (August, 20 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)	78	85	75	60	51	49	31	20	23	40	48	73
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	78	Unhealthy
Feb	85	Unhealthy
Mar	75	Unhealthy
Apr	60	Unhealthy
May	51	Poor
Jun	49	Poor
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	40	Poor
Nov	48	Poor
Dec	73	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Abalak?

Abalak sits at 15.5°N, 6.3°E, 439 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Tchin Tabaradèn, 71 km away.

Topography around Abalak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abalak has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 444 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m.

The land around Abalak is covered by grassland (74%) within 3 km, grassland (94%) within 16 km, and grassland (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

61 m

grassland 74%

16 km

105 m

grassland 94%

80 km

373 m

grassland 91%

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

January weather nearby: Tchin Tabaradèn 71 km · Dakoro 117 km · Tahoua 125 km · Illéla 157 km · Madaoua 157 km · Guidan Roumdji 204 km · Birni N Konni 215 km · Illela 219 km

Niger travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B / C / D / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 36% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $775; 2025
Happiness: 4.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.4; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 25.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; 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 Abalak (15.4509°, 6.2793°, elevation 439 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	28	13
2	28	13
3	28	13
4	28	13
5	28	13
6	28	13
7	28	13
8	28	13
9	28	13
10	28	13
11	28	13
12	28	13
13	28	13
14	28	13
15	28	13
16	28	13
17	29	13
18	29	13
19	29	13
20	29	14
21	29	14
22	29	14
23	29	14
24	30	14
25	30	14
26	30	14
27	30	14
28	30	14
29	30	14
30	30	14
31	30	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	79	21
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

	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	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 (%)
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