Idah weather in January

In January, Idah sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-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 46% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Idah's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Idah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:53 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
48%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Idah is town and local government area, Nigeria..

Density
1,908/km²
people per km²

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 Idah reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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

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.

Idah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 24°30.811.62.7
Feb37° / 25°82.111.82.0
Mar36° / 26°327.1122.0
Apr34° / 26°8111.912.22.5
May33° / 25°13119.612.32.7
Jun31° / 24°18823.812.42.9
Jul30° / 24°19325.812.43.2
Aug30° / 24°19623.612.23.4
Sep30° / 24°19824.3123.1
Oct31° / 24°12619.411.83.4
Nov33° / 24°193.611.74.0
Dec35° / 24°30.511.63.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27327
37129
47129
56931
66832
76733
86634
96535
106436
116337
126238
136238
146139
156040
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206040
215941
225941
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245842
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285941
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315941

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Idah gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 30% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 50% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13211152616
23311152516
33411142416
43511142317
53511132317
63611132218
73611132218
83611132119
93611132119
103611132120
113511132121
123411132122
133410132123
143310122124
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182910112228
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21269102431
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
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287calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 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 6:48 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:486:24
211.66:496:24
311.66:496:25
411.66:506:25
511.66:506:26
611.66:506:26
711.66:516:27
811.66:516:27
911.66:516:28
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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 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Idah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Idah sees seasonal dust haze (December–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is January a good time to visit Idah?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Idah in January

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

In January, Idah sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Idah 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 Idah peaks around September 20 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 highExtremeExtremeVery highSep 20UV 12Dec 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Idah 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 Idah is worst in January — around 196 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (July, 39 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 18193 µg/m³Jul 2239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan196Very unhealthy
Feb176Very unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May52Poor
Jun47Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct67Unhealthy
Nov88Unhealthy
Dec162Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Idah?

Idah sits at 7.1°N, 6.7°E, 73 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Ajaokuta, 51 km away.

OkeneLokojaEkpomaNsukka

Topography around Idah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Idah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 637 m.

The land around Idah is covered by artificial surfaces (33%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (50%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
291 m
80 km
637 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Ajaokuta 51 km · Auchi 53 km · Ubiaja 64 km · Uromi 64 km · Okene 74 km · Lokoja 76 km · Ekpoma 78 km · Nsukka 78 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 Idah (7.1135°, 6.7387°, elevation 73 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).