Illéla weather in January

In January, Illéla 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 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Illéla's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Illéla'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; 7:11 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Illéla is urban 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 33°C by the end.

A typical January day in Illéla reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 15°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 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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	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	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	16
16	31	16
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	18
27	33	18
28	33	18
29	33	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

How January really feels in Illéla

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 9 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.

Illéla weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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	5.8
Feb	35° / 20°	0	0	11.5	3.7
Mar	38° / 23°	0	0	11.9	1.1
Apr	41° / 26°	1	0.4	12.3	0.0
May	40° / 28°	10	3.1	12.7	0.1
Jun	38° / 28°	19	5.9	12.8	1.2
Jul	35° / 26°	44	9.8	12.8	2.6
Aug	33° / 25°	94	11.8	12.5	3.3
Sep	35° / 25°	34	6	12.1	2.6
Oct	38° / 24°	6	1.9	11.7	1.6
Nov	36° / 21°	0	0	11.3	2.8
Dec	32° / 18°	0	0	11.2	5.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 19%.

	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	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	83	83	84	84
Cloudier (%)	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Illéla 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 16 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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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	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	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	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 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 7:07 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:33 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)	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	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12
Sunset (PM)	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:07	6:17
2	11.2	7:08	6:17
3	11.2	7:08	6:18
4	11.2	7:08	6:19
5	11.2	7:09	6:19
6	11.2	7:09	6:20
7	11.2	7:09	6:20
8	11.2	7:10	6:21
9	11.2	7:10	6:21
10	11.2	7:10	6:22
11	11.2	7:10	6:22
12	11.2	7:11	6:23
13	11.2	7:11	6:24
14	11.2	7:11	6:24
15	11.2	7:11	6:25
16	11.2	7:11	6:25
17	11.2	7:12	6:26
18	11.2	7:12	6:26
19	11.3	7:12	6:27
20	11.3	7:12	6:27
21	11.3	7:12	6:28
22	11.3	7:12	6:28
23	11.3	7:12	6:29
24	11.3	7:12	6:30
25	11.3	7:12	6:30
26	11.3	7:12	6:31
27	11.3	7:12	6:31
28	11.3	7:12	6:32
29	11.3	7:12	6:32
30	11.3	7:12	6:33
31	11.4	7:12	6:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.82 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	5.8	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	6.0	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	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	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	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	6.0	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 Illéla

In seasonPeak

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

Illéla sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Illéla?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Illéla in January

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

In January, Illéla 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 Illéla 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 Illéla peaks around August 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (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	12	11	11	11	12	13	11	10	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Illéla 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 Illéla is worst in February — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 18 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)	87	93	85	67	50	40	26	18	24	43	53	79
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	87	Unhealthy
Feb	93	Unhealthy
Mar	85	Unhealthy
Apr	67	Unhealthy
May	50	Poor
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	53	Poor
Dec	79	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Illéla?

Illéla sits at 14.5°N, 5.2°E, 307 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Tahoua, 48 km away.

Topography around Illéla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Illéla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 305 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m.

The land around Illéla is covered by grassland (46%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) within 80 km.

3 km

29 m

grassland 46%

16 km

164 m

cropland 45%

80 km

364 m

grassland 60%

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

January weather nearby: Tahoua 48 km · Birni N Konni 74 km · Illela 81 km · Madaoua 88 km · Gwadabawa 123 km · Sokoto 155 km · Abalak 157 km · Dogondoutchi 160 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 Illéla (14.4605°, 5.2437°, elevation 307 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	30	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	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	16
16	31	16
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	18
27	33	18
28	33	18
29	33	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

	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	30	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	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	16
16	31	16
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	18
27	33	18
28	33	18
29	33	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

	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	30	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	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	16
16	31	16
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	18
27	33	18
28	33	18
29	33	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

	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