Ogoja weather in January

In January, Ogoja sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.7 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 Ogoja's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ogoja's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:45 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
48%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

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 Ogoja reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 Ogoja

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.

Ogoja 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° / 23°30.811.72.7
Feb37° / 25°81.511.81.9
Mar36° / 26°234.6122.0
Apr35° / 26°589.412.12.6
May33° / 25°11117.112.32.9
Jun31° / 24°13820.112.43.3
Jul30° / 23°15624.212.33.3
Aug29° / 23°19925.312.23.3
Sep30° / 23°18725.3123.0
Oct31° / 24°15122.111.93.1
Nov33° / 24°274.611.73.9
Dec35° / 23°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
27426
37327
47129
57030
66931
76733
86634
96535
106436
116337
126238
136139
146139
156139
166139
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205941
215941
225842
235842
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305842
315842

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ogoja 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 2% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
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313

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 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 34% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1561011167
2571010167
3571010167
457910168
558910158
659810158
758810159
857810169
958710169
1058710169
11567101710
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13556101811
1455691911
1553692012
1651692113
1750692114
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1947692315
2045692316
2143692318
2242792419
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27358102423
28348102324
29349102324
30339102325
31339102325

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
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179calm
189calm
199calm
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219calm
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269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

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 6:39 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:396:17
211.66:406:17
311.66:406:18
411.66:416:18
511.66:416:19
611.66:416:19
711.66:426:19
811.66:426:20
911.66:426:20
1011.66:436:21
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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 5.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.91 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ogoja

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ogoja 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 Ogoja?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ogoja in January

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

In January, Ogoja sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ogoja 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 Ogoja peaks around September 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 19UV 12Dec 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ogoja 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 Ogoja is worst in January — around 115 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (July, 29 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 24115 µg/m³Jul 1629 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan115Unhealthy
Feb114Unhealthy
Mar72Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May33Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct39Poor
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec96Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ogoja?

Ogoja sits at 6.7°N, 8.8°E, 96 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Obudu, 40 km away.

GbokoIkomKatsina-AlaEffiumEzza-OhuAbakalikiIsieke

Topography around Ogoja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ogoja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,843 m.

The land around Ogoja is covered by cropland (36%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
134 m
80 km
1,843 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Obudu 40 km · Gboko 77 km · Ikom 78 km · Katsina-Ala 78 km · Effium 82 km · Ezza-Ohu 83 km · Abakaliki 84 km · Isieke 90 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 Ogoja (6.6584°, 8.7992°, elevation 96 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).