Kano weather in January

In January, Kano sees average daytime highs of 29°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 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 Kano's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kano's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:54 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Kano is city in Nigeria.

Density: 9,840/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~999 CE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical January day in Kano reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 33°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	12	12	13	13	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

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

How January really feels in Kano

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.

Kano weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 13°	0	0	11.4	7.1
Feb	32° / 16°	0	0	11.6	5.1
Mar	36° / 19°	0	0	11.9	2.5
Apr	38° / 23°	4	1.2	12.3	1.0
May	37° / 25°	34	6.3	12.5	1.4
Jun	34° / 24°	72	12.8	12.7	2.7
Jul	31° / 23°	164	21.6	12.6	3.3
Aug	30° / 22°	241	24.4	12.4	3.3
Sep	31° / 22°	119	16.1	12.1	3.6
Oct	34° / 21°	23	4	11.7	3.6
Nov	33° / 17°	0	0	11.4	4.6
Dec	30° / 14°	0	0	11.3	6.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

	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	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kano 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 10 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 6:50 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:23 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	11.3	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:50	6:08
2	11.3	6:50	6:09
3	11.3	6:51	6:09
4	11.3	6:51	6:10
5	11.3	6:51	6:10
6	11.3	6:52	6:11
7	11.3	6:52	6:11
8	11.3	6:52	6:12
9	11.3	6:53	6:13
10	11.3	6:53	6:13
11	11.3	6:53	6:14
12	11.3	6:53	6:14
13	11.4	6:54	6:15
14	11.4	6:54	6:15
15	11.4	6:54	6:16
16	11.4	6:54	6:16
17	11.4	6:54	6:17
18	11.4	6:55	6:17
19	11.4	6:55	6:18
20	11.4	6:55	6:18
21	11.4	6:55	6:19
22	11.4	6:55	6:19
23	11.4	6:55	6:20
24	11.4	6:55	6:20
25	11.4	6:55	6:21
26	11.4	6:55	6:21
27	11.4	6:55	6:22
28	11.4	6:55	6:22
29	11.5	6:55	6:22
30	11.5	6:55	6:23
31	11.5	6:55	6:23

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.07 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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	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	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	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 Kano

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kano sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in April.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kano?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Kano for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kano in January

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

In January, Kano sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 13°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kano 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 Kano peaks around August 17 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	11	12	10	10	11	12	11	10	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
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 Kano 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 Kano is worst in February — around 144 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 40 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)	138	144	141	115	75	56	40	42	64	103	118	132
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	138	Unhealthy
Feb	144	Unhealthy
Mar	141	Unhealthy
Apr	115	Unhealthy
May	75	Unhealthy
Jun	56	Unhealthy
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	64	Unhealthy
Oct	103	Unhealthy
Nov	118	Unhealthy
Dec	132	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Kano?

Kano sits at 12.0°N, 8.5°E, 484 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Wudil, 41 km away.

Topography around Kano

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kano has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 480 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m.

The land around Kano is covered by artificial surfaces (88%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

artificial surfaces 88%

16 km

105 m

cropland 51%

80 km

328 m

cropland 81%

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

January weather nearby: Wudil 41 km · Rano 50 km · Gaya 55 km · Gwarzo 64 km · Dutse 93 km · Malumfashi 100 km · Anchau 116 km · Daura 117 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 Kano (12.0001°, 8.5167°, elevation 484 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	28	12
2	28	12
3	28	13
4	28	13
5	28	13
6	28	13
7	28	13
8	28	13
9	28	13
10	28	13
11	28	13
12	29	13
13	29	13
14	29	13
15	29	13
16	29	13
17	29	13
18	29	13
19	29	13
20	30	13
21	30	13
22	30	13
23	30	13
24	30	14
25	30	14
26	30	14
27	30	14
28	30	14
29	31	14
30	31	14
31	31	14

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

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

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

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

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

	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