Baro weather in January

In January, Baro sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Baro's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:57 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
39%
2nd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Baro is is a small port town on the Niger in present Niger State, Nigeria.

Founded
1912

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical January day in Baro reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Baro

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Baro weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 22°10.311.62.4
Feb38° / 24°30.711.71.4
Mar38° / 26°122.511.90.9
Apr37° / 27°386.712.21.5
May34° / 26°8813.712.42.5
Jun32° / 25°14318.712.53.1
Jul30° / 24°19923.712.53.2
Aug30° / 24°22624.212.33.3
Sep31° / 24°20122.412.13.2
Oct32° / 24°8213.411.83.6
Nov35° / 24°41.111.63.1
Dec36° / 22°10.111.52.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Baro gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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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 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 16% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
174121040
273121050
373121050
473111060
573111060
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87111981
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:52 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:526:23
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.98 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Baro

In seasonPeak

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

Baro's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Baro sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Baro?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baro.

What to pack for Baro in January

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

In January, Baro sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baro in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baro peaks around September 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highSep 17UV 12Dec 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Baro 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 Baro is worst in January — around 117 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (July, 26 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 23116 µg/m³Jul 1826 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan117Unhealthy
Feb113Unhealthy
Mar69Unhealthy
Apr54Poor
May33Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct45Poor
Nov55Poor
Dec83Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Baro?

Baro sits at 8.6°N, 6.4°E, 62 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Lapai, 51 km away.

PatigiIsanlu-ItedoijowaKujeKabbaLokojaSuleja

Topography around Baro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 96 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 629 m.

The land around Baro is covered by cropland (31%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), trees (32%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
138 m
16 km
219 m
80 km
629 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Lapai 51 km · Bida 68 km · Patigi 74 km · Isanlu-Itedoijowa 75 km · Kuje 94 km · Kabba 95 km · Lokoja 98 km · Suleja 105 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 13% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,224
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
15.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

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 Baro (8.6157°, 6.4185°, elevation 62 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).