Arlit weather in January

In January, Arlit sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Arlit's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arlit's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:10 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

Arlit is urban commune in Niger.

Density: 170/km²; people per km²

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

← December Arlit 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical January day in Arlit reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 32°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

How January really feels in Arlit

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.

Arlit 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	28° / 12°	0	0	11	8.1
Feb	31° / 15°	0	0	11.4	6.1
Mar	35° / 19°	0	0	11.9	3.2
Apr	40° / 24°	0	0	12.4	0.5
May	42° / 28°	1	0.4	12.9	0.0
Jun	42° / 29°	2	0.7	13.1	0.0
Jul	40° / 28°	5	1.8	13	0.0
Aug	40° / 28°	16	4.4	12.6	0.3
Sep	40° / 27°	4	1.6	12.1	0.1
Oct	38° / 24°	0	0.1	11.6	1.5
Nov	33° / 17°	0	0	11.1	4.5
Dec	29° / 13°	0	0	10.9	7.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 22%.

	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 (%)	77	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	74	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	83
Cloudier (%)	23	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Arlit 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 12 km/h in January.

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:07 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:18 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)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	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	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:07	6:00
2	10.9	7:07	6:01
3	10.9	7:08	6:01
4	10.9	7:08	6:02
5	10.9	7:08	6:03
6	10.9	7:08	6:03
7	10.9	7:09	6:04
8	10.9	7:09	6:04
9	10.9	7:09	6:05
10	10.9	7:09	6:06
11	10.9	7:09	6:06
12	11.0	7:10	6:07
13	11.0	7:10	6:07
14	11.0	7:10	6:08
15	11.0	7:10	6:09
16	11.0	7:10	6:09
17	11.0	7:10	6:10
18	11.0	7:10	6:11
19	11.0	7:10	6:11
20	11.0	7:10	6:12
21	11.0	7:10	6:12
22	11.0	7:10	6:13
23	11.1	7:10	6:14
24	11.1	7:10	6:14
25	11.1	7:10	6:15
26	11.1	7:10	6:15
27	11.1	7:10	6:16
28	11.1	7:10	6:17
29	11.1	7:10	6:17
30	11.1	7:09	6:18
31	11.2	7:09	6:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.47 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Arlit

In seasonPeak

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

Arlit sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Arlit?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Arlit in January

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

In January, Arlit sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 12°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Arlit in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arlit peaks around March 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	7	10	12	11	8	12	12	11	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	8	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Arlit 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 Arlit is worst in June — around 73 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	64	71	72	60	65	73	68	61	46	51	46	64
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	64	Unhealthy
Feb	71	Unhealthy
Mar	72	Unhealthy
Apr	60	Unhealthy
May	65	Unhealthy
Jun	73	Unhealthy
Jul	68	Unhealthy
Aug	61	Unhealthy
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	46	Poor
Dec	64	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Arlit?

Arlit sits at 18.7°N, 7.4°E, 423 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Alaghsas, 202 km away.

Topography around Arlit

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arlit has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 421 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 636 m.

The land around Arlit is covered by bare terrain (96%) within 3 km, bare terrain (99%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

18 m

bare terrain 96%

16 km

137 m

bare terrain 99%

80 km

636 m

bare terrain 98%

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

January weather nearby: Alaghsas 202 km · Agadez 206 km · Tchin Tabaradèn 358 km · Abalak 384 km · Tanout 448 km · Dakoro 475 km · Tahoua 484 km · Tamanghasset 490 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 Arlit (18.7369°, 7.3853°, elevation 423 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	27	11
2	27	11
3	27	11
4	27	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	11
11	27	11
12	27	11
13	27	11
14	28	12
15	28	12
16	28	12
17	28	12
18	28	12
19	28	12
20	28	12
21	28	12
22	28	12
23	28	12
24	29	12
25	29	13
26	29	13
27	29	13
28	29	13
29	29	13
30	29	13
31	29	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	76	24
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	83	17

	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