Gombi weather in January

In January, Gombi sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gombi's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gombi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:34 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; 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 31°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical January day in Gombi reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 36°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	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	17	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	32	16
11	32	16
12	32	16
13	32	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	33	16
20	33	17
21	33	17
22	33	17
23	33	17
24	33	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	34	17
29	34	17
30	34	18
31	34	18

How January really feels in Gombi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 17 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.

Gombi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-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	32° / 16°	0	0	11.5	5.0
Feb	35° / 19°	0	0	11.7	3.1
Mar	38° / 23°	1	0.3	11.9	1.1
Apr	38° / 26°	13	4.2	12.2	0.9
May	36° / 25°	49	10	12.5	2.1
Jun	33° / 24°	58	12.3	12.6	3.4
Jul	30° / 22°	111	18.2	12.5	3.9
Aug	28° / 22°	181	22.8	12.3	3.9
Sep	30° / 22°	113	18.9	12.1	3.9
Oct	32° / 22°	47	9.2	11.8	3.9
Nov	34° / 19°	1	0.3	11.5	3.9
Dec	32° / 17°	0	0	11.4	5.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 27%.

	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 (%)	78	77	77	77	76	76	75	75	75	74	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72
Cloudier (%)	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	72	28

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Gombi 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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:30 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:09 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)	11.4	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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:30	5:55
2	11.4	6:30	5:55
3	11.4	6:31	5:56
4	11.4	6:31	5:56
5	11.4	6:31	5:57
6	11.4	6:32	5:57
7	11.4	6:32	5:58
8	11.4	6:32	5:58
9	11.4	6:33	5:59
10	11.4	6:33	5:59
11	11.4	6:33	6:00
12	11.4	6:33	6:00
13	11.5	6:34	6:01
14	11.5	6:34	6:01
15	11.5	6:34	6:02
16	11.5	6:34	6:02
17	11.5	6:35	6:03
18	11.5	6:35	6:03
19	11.5	6:35	6:04
20	11.5	6:35	6:04
21	11.5	6:35	6:05
22	11.5	6:35	6:05
23	11.5	6:35	6:06
24	11.5	6:36	6:06
25	11.5	6:36	6:06
26	11.5	6:36	6:07
27	11.5	6:36	6:07
28	11.5	6:36	6:08
29	11.5	6:36	6:08
30	11.5	6:36	6:09
31	11.6	6:36	6:09

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.2 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	6.1	6.1	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	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Gombi

In seasonPeak

None of Gombi's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Gombi sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Gombi?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gombi in January

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

In January, Gombi sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gombi in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gombi peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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)	7	8	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	10	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Gombi 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 Gombi is worst in February — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 22 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)	86	93	93	66	37	30	22	23	29	51	63	79
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	86	Unhealthy
Feb	93	Unhealthy
Mar	93	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	37	Poor
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	63	Unhealthy
Dec	79	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Gombi?

Gombi sits at 10.2°N, 12.7°E, 597 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Mubi, 59 km away.

Topography around Gombi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gombi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m around an average of 579 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 398 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,144 m.

The land around Gombi is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (82%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

187 m

cropland 57%

16 km

398 m

cropland 82%

80 km

1,144 m

cropland 53%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Mubi 59 km · Biu 77 km · Jimeta 103 km · Damboa 110 km · Numan 110 km · Yola 110 km · Garoua 121 km · Pitoa 121 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 Gombi (10.1676°, 12.7368°, elevation 597 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	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	32	16
11	32	16
12	32	16
13	32	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	33	16
20	33	17
21	33	17
22	33	17
23	33	17
24	33	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	34	17
29	34	17
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	72	28

	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	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	32	16
11	32	16
12	32	16
13	32	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	33	16
20	33	17
21	33	17
22	33	17
23	33	17
24	33	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	34	17
29	34	17
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	72	28

	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	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	32	16
11	32	16
12	32	16
13	32	16
14	32	16
15	32	16
16	32	16
17	32	16
18	32	16
19	33	16
20	33	17
21	33	17
22	33	17
23	33	17
24	33	17
25	33	17
26	33	17
27	33	17
28	34	17
29	34	17
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	74	26
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	72	28

	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