Magaria weather in January

In January, Magaria sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 Magaria's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Magaria's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:54 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; 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 29°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical January day in Magaria reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

How January really feels in Magaria

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.

Magaria 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	30° / 15°	0	0	11.3	6.8
Feb	33° / 18°	0	0	11.6	4.5
Mar	37° / 22°	0	0	11.9	1.8
Apr	40° / 26°	2	0.5	12.3	0.2
May	40° / 27°	9	2.3	12.6	0.2
Jun	37° / 27°	27	6.2	12.8	1.6
Jul	33° / 25°	99	15	12.7	3.0
Aug	31° / 23°	177	18.3	12.4	3.5
Sep	33° / 24°	62	8.1	12.1	3.4
Oct	36° / 23°	6	1.5	11.7	2.6
Nov	34° / 19°	0	0	11.4	3.9
Dec	30° / 16°	0	0	11.2	6.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% 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	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	84	84
Cloudier (%)	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Magaria 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 13 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
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23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	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 6:50 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:20 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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:50	6:05
2	11.2	6:50	6:05
3	11.3	6:51	6:06
4	11.3	6:51	6:07
5	11.3	6:52	6:07
6	11.3	6:52	6:08
7	11.3	6:52	6:08
8	11.3	6:52	6:09
9	11.3	6:53	6:09
10	11.3	6:53	6:10
11	11.3	6:53	6:10
12	11.3	6:53	6:11
13	11.3	6:54	6:11
14	11.3	6:54	6:12
15	11.3	6:54	6:12
16	11.3	6:54	6:13
17	11.3	6:54	6:14
18	11.3	6:55	6:14
19	11.3	6:55	6:15
20	11.3	6:55	6:15
21	11.3	6:55	6:16
22	11.4	6:55	6:16
23	11.4	6:55	6:17
24	11.4	6:55	6:17
25	11.4	6:55	6:18
26	11.4	6:55	6:18
27	11.4	6:55	6:19
28	11.4	6:55	6:19
29	11.4	6:55	6:19
30	11.4	6:55	6:20
31	11.4	6:55	6:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.65 kWh/m² to a high of 7.37 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.02 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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Magaria

In seasonPeak

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

Magaria 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 Magaria?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Magaria in January

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

In January, Magaria sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Magaria 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 Magaria 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	10	12	10	10	11	13	11	10	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Magaria 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 Magaria is worst in February — around 116 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (August, 36 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)	111	116	113	100	74	60	40	36	51	77	81	103
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	111	Unhealthy
Feb	116	Unhealthy
Mar	113	Unhealthy
Apr	100	Unhealthy
May	74	Unhealthy
Jun	60	Unhealthy
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	51	Poor
Oct	77	Unhealthy
Nov	81	Unhealthy
Dec	103	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Magaria?

Magaria sits at 13.0°N, 8.9°E, 396 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Daura, 64 km away.

Topography around Magaria

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Magaria has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 393 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m.

The land around Magaria is covered by grassland (44%) and cropland (43%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

14 m

grassland 44%

16 km

48 m

grassland 66%

80 km

247 m

cropland 63%

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

January weather nearby: Daura 64 km · Gumel 66 km · Matamey 67 km · Mirriah 83 km · Zinder 90 km · Kano 119 km · Gazaoua 123 km · Gaya 127 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 Magaria (12.9983°, 8.9099°, elevation 396 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	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	15
6	29	15
7	29	15
8	29	15
9	29	15
10	29	15
11	29	15
12	29	15
13	29	15
14	29	15
15	29	15
16	30	15
17	30	15
18	30	15
19	30	15
20	30	15
21	30	15
22	31	16
23	31	16
24	31	16
25	31	16
26	31	16
27	31	16
28	31	16
29	31	16
30	31	16
31	32	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
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	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	15
6	29	15
7	29	15
8	29	15
9	29	15
10	29	15
11	29	15
12	29	15
13	29	15
14	29	15
15	29	15
16	30	15
17	30	15
18	30	15
19	30	15
20	30	15
21	30	15
22	31	16
23	31	16
24	31	16
25	31	16
26	31	16
27	31	16
28	31	16
29	31	16
30	31	16
31	32	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
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	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	15
6	29	15
7	29	15
8	29	15
9	29	15
10	29	15
11	29	15
12	29	15
13	29	15
14	29	15
15	29	15
16	30	15
17	30	15
18	30	15
19	30	15
20	30	15
21	30	15
22	31	16
23	31	16
24	31	16
25	31	16
26	31	16
27	31	16
28	31	16
29	31	16
30	31	16
31	32	16

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