Kafanchan weather in January

In January, Kafanchan sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% 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 Kafanchan's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kafanchan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:51 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
36%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Kafanchan is town in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Founded
1927

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 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kafanchan reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°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 Kafanchan

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.

Kafanchan 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
Jan33° / 19°10.211.54.7
Feb34° / 21°30.711.73.5
Mar35° / 23°152.611.92.7
Apr34° / 23°571012.23.1
May30° / 22°13420.312.43.5
Jun28° / 21°18425.112.53.7
Jul26° / 20°25428.912.53.6
Aug26° / 20°33329.312.33.5
Sep27° / 20°2362812.13.5
Oct30° / 20°10517.711.84.2
Nov32° / 19°4111.64.8
Dec33° / 19°10.111.54.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% 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%.

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

Any precipitation

Kafanchan gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198200
298200
397300
497300
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:46 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:466:13
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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 6.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kafanchan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kafanchan 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 Kafanchan?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kafanchan in January

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

In January, Kafanchan sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kafanchan 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 Kafanchan peaks around September 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 12UV 12Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kafanchan 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 Kafanchan is worst in February — around 102 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 25 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 15101 µg/m³Jul 2325 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan93Unhealthy
Feb102Unhealthy
Mar91Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May42Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov64Unhealthy
Dec82Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kafanchan?

Kafanchan sits at 9.6°N, 8.3°E, 733 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Kagoro, 11 km away.

AkwangaJosWambaKeffiLere

Topography around Kafanchan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kafanchan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 737 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 744 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,345 m.

The land around Kafanchan is covered by cropland (58%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (37%), shrubs (29%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
744 m
80 km
1,345 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Kagoro 11 km · Kachia 49 km · Bukuru 67 km · Akwanga 76 km · Jos 76 km · Wamba 79 km · Keffi 94 km · Lere 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
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 Kafanchan (9.5813°, 8.2926°, elevation 733 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).