Ayorou weather in January

In January, Ayorou sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°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 30°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 Ayorou's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ayorou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:29 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Ayorou is rural commune in Niger.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical January day in Ayorou reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°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)	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	16
2	30	16
3	30	16
4	30	16
5	30	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	30	16
11	30	16
12	30	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	31	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	17
27	32	17
28	32	18
29	32	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

How January really feels in Ayorou

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Ayorou 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	31° / 17°	0	0	11.2	5.9
Feb	34° / 19°	0	0	11.5	3.8
Mar	38° / 23°	0	0.1	11.9	1.1
Apr	41° / 26°	1	0.2	12.3	0.0
May	41° / 29°	4	1.2	12.7	0.0
Jun	40° / 29°	12	4	12.9	0.4
Jul	36° / 27°	47	9	12.8	1.9
Aug	34° / 25°	92	12.6	12.5	2.7
Sep	37° / 26°	27	6.1	12.1	1.8
Oct	39° / 26°	4	1.1	11.7	0.9
Nov	36° / 21°	0	0	11.3	2.3
Dec	33° / 18°	0	0	11.1	4.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% 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 (%)	80	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	78	78	79	79	79	81	81	81
Cloudier (%)	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	21	21	21	19	19	19

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ayorou 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	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	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	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
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17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
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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 7:25 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:50 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	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	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	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:25	6:34
2	11.1	7:26	6:34
3	11.1	7:26	6:35
4	11.2	7:26	6:35
5	11.2	7:27	6:36
6	11.2	7:27	6:36
7	11.2	7:27	6:37
8	11.2	7:27	6:38
9	11.2	7:28	6:38
10	11.2	7:28	6:39
11	11.2	7:28	6:39
12	11.2	7:28	6:40
13	11.2	7:29	6:40
14	11.2	7:29	6:41
15	11.2	7:29	6:42
16	11.2	7:29	6:42
17	11.2	7:29	6:43
18	11.2	7:29	6:43
19	11.2	7:30	6:44
20	11.2	7:30	6:44
21	11.3	7:30	6:45
22	11.3	7:30	6:45
23	11.3	7:30	6:46
24	11.3	7:30	6:46
25	11.3	7:30	6:47
26	11.3	7:30	6:47
27	11.3	7:30	6:48
28	11.3	7:30	6:48
29	11.3	7:30	6:49
30	11.3	7:29	6:49
31	11.3	7:29	6:50

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.54 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.68 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)	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	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	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ayorou

In seasonPeak

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

Ayorou sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ayorou?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ayorou in January

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

In January, Ayorou sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Ayorou in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ayorou peaks around August 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (very 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)	9	11	13	10	11	10	9	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Ayorou 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 Ayorou is worst in February — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 17 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)	79	86	82	62	52	42	25	17	19	36	46	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	79	Unhealthy
Feb	86	Unhealthy
Mar	82	Unhealthy
Apr	62	Unhealthy
May	52	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	36	Poor
Nov	46	Poor
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ayorou?

Ayorou sits at 14.7°N, 0.9°E, 226 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Méhana, 44 km away.

Topography around Ayorou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ayorou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 227 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m.

The land around Ayorou is covered by grassland (59%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (75%) and bare terrain (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

grassland 59%

16 km

109 m

grassland 77%

80 km

179 m

grassland 75%

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

January weather nearby: Méhana 44 km · Tillabéri 82 km · Téra 82 km · Dori 128 km · I-n-Tillit 173 km · Niamey 187 km · Aribinda 200 km · Gao 200 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 Ayorou (14.7308°, 0.9174°, elevation 226 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	31	16
2	30	16
3	30	16
4	30	16
5	30	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	30	16
11	30	16
12	30	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	31	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	17
27	32	17
28	32	18
29	32	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

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

	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	31	16
2	30	16
3	30	16
4	30	16
5	30	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	30	16
11	30	16
12	30	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	31	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	17
27	32	17
28	32	18
29	32	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

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

	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	31	16
2	30	16
3	30	16
4	30	16
5	30	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	30	16
11	30	16
12	30	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	31	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	17
27	32	17
28	32	18
29	32	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

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

	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