Egbe weather in January

In January, Egbe sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Egbe's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Egbe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
7:00 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
40%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Egbe is Yoruba town in central Nigeria.

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 35°C through the month.

A typical January day in Egbe reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Egbe

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.

Egbe weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 21°20.611.63.5
Feb36° / 23°51.311.72.4
Mar37° / 24°235.411.91.9
Apr35° / 24°6112.112.22.2
May33° / 24°12420.112.42.6
Jun31° / 23°17623.612.53.0
Jul29° / 22°18025.212.43.3
Aug29° / 22°21124.312.33.5
Sep30° / 22°20625.7123.0
Oct31° / 22°12219.511.83.3
Nov34° / 22°82.111.63.8
Dec34° / 21°10.211.53.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28020
37921
47822
57822
67624
77624
87426
97426
107327
117228
127129
137129
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Egbe gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
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31
41
51
61
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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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 20% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
166121480
266121480
366121390
4661113100
5661113100
6651113110
7651013120
8651013120
9631013131
1063913141
1161914151
1260914161
1360914161
1458915171
1557815182
1656816182
1754916192
1852917193
1950918203
20491018203
21481018213
22461018214
23451118224
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26421118244
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28411218254
29401218264
30401218264
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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167calm
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268calm
278calm
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318calm

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 6:55 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:556:27
211.56:566:28
311.56:566:28
411.56:566:29
511.56:576:29
611.56:576:30
711.56:586:30
811.56:586:30
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1011.56:596:31
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1211.66:596:32
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1411.67:006:33
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1911.67:016:36
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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 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.93 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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216.0Bright
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246.0Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Egbe

In seasonPeak

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

Egbe's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Egbe 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 Egbe?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Egbe. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Egbe in January

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

In January, Egbe sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Egbe 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 Egbe peaks around September 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 16UV 12Dec 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Egbe 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 Egbe is worst in February — around 145 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 35 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 8145 µg/m³Jul 1735 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan145Unhealthy
Feb145Unhealthy
Mar81Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May43Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug38Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct67Unhealthy
Nov91Unhealthy
Dec122Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Egbe?

Egbe sits at 8.2°N, 5.5°E, 351 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Isanlu-Itedoijowa, 37 km away.

Topography around Egbe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Egbe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m around an average of 352 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 374 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 728 m.

The land around Egbe is covered by trees (37%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (36%), trees (33%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
203 m
16 km
374 m
80 km
728 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Isanlu-Itedoijowa 37 km · Ode 53 km · Ipoti 61 km · Patigi 63 km · Oke Ila 65 km · Ijero-Ekiti 66 km · Ila Orangun 70 km · Lafiagi 71 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 Egbe (8.219°, 5.5076°, elevation 351 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).