Gaya weather in January

In January, Gaya sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 65% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gaya's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gaya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:52 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; 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 Gaya reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 17°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	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15

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

How January really feels in Gaya

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.

Gaya 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	30° / 13°	0	0	11.4	6.7
Feb	33° / 16°	0	0	11.6	4.5
Mar	37° / 20°	0	0.1	11.9	1.9
Apr	39° / 24°	4	1.1	12.3	0.6
May	38° / 26°	31	6.1	12.5	1.2
Jun	34° / 25°	67	12.2	12.7	2.7
Jul	31° / 23°	151	21.2	12.6	3.2
Aug	30° / 22°	224	23.7	12.4	3.3
Sep	32° / 23°	108	15.4	12.1	3.6
Oct	34° / 22°	19	4.1	11.7	3.3
Nov	34° / 17°	0	0	11.5	4.1
Dec	30° / 14°	0	0	11.3	6.3

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 (%)	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	77	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78
Cloudier (%)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Gaya 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 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
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11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 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 6:48 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:22 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)	11.3	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	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53
Sunset (PM)	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	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:48	6:07
2	11.3	6:48	6:07
3	11.3	6:48	6:08
4	11.3	6:49	6:08
5	11.3	6:49	6:09
6	11.3	6:49	6:09
7	11.3	6:50	6:10
8	11.3	6:50	6:10
9	11.3	6:50	6:11
10	11.3	6:51	6:11
11	11.3	6:51	6:12
12	11.4	6:51	6:12
13	11.4	6:51	6:13
14	11.4	6:52	6:13
15	11.4	6:52	6:14
16	11.4	6:52	6:14
17	11.4	6:52	6:15
18	11.4	6:52	6:16
19	11.4	6:53	6:16
20	11.4	6:53	6:17
21	11.4	6:53	6:17
22	11.4	6:53	6:17
23	11.4	6:53	6:18
24	11.4	6:53	6:18
25	11.4	6:53	6:19
26	11.4	6:53	6:19
27	11.4	6:53	6:20
28	11.5	6:53	6:20
29	11.5	6:53	6:21
30	11.5	6:53	6:21
31	11.5	6:53	6:22

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	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	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

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

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Gaya

In seasonPeak

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

Gaya's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Gaya?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gaya in January

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

In January, Gaya sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gaya 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 Gaya peaks around August 18 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	12	11	10	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

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

Air quality in Gaya 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 Gaya is worst in February — around 138 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 43 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)	132	138	136	116	80	61	43	44	65	99	106	124
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	132	Unhealthy
Feb	138	Unhealthy
Mar	136	Unhealthy
Apr	116	Unhealthy
May	80	Unhealthy
Jun	61	Unhealthy
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	44	Poor
Sep	65	Unhealthy
Oct	99	Unhealthy
Nov	106	Unhealthy
Dec	124	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Gaya?

Gaya sits at 11.9°N, 9.0°E, 437 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Wudil, 18 km away.

Topography around Gaya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gaya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 427 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 387 m.

The land around Gaya is covered by cropland (83%) within 3 km, cropland (92%) within 16 km, and cropland (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

22 m

cropland 83%

16 km

53 m

cropland 92%

80 km

387 m

cropland 83%

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

January weather nearby: Wudil 18 km · Dutse 38 km · Kano 55 km · Rano 57 km · Kiyawa 66 km · Birnin Kudu 69 km · Chakwama 79 km · Gumel 95 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

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 Gaya (11.8606°, 9.0027°, elevation 437 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	13
2	29	13
3	29	13
4	29	13
5	29	13
6	29	13
7	29	13
8	29	13
9	29	13
10	29	13
11	29	13
12	29	13
13	29	13
14	29	13
15	30	13
16	30	13
17	30	13
18	30	13
19	30	13
20	30	14
21	30	14
22	31	14
23	31	14
24	31	14
25	31	14
26	31	14
27	31	14
28	31	14
29	31	14
30	31	14
31	32	15

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

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

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

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

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

	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