Zungeru weather in January

In January, Zungeru sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 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 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 Zungeru's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zungeru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
7:00 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
34%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Zungeru is town in Niger State, Nigeria.

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 35°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zungeru reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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

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.

Zungeru 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
Jan35° / 22°00.111.53.5
Feb37° / 24°10.211.72.2
Mar38° / 26°51.311.91.3
Apr37° / 27°315.512.21.6
May34° / 26°8011.712.42.7
Jun31° / 24°11014.812.63.7
Jul29° / 23°20423.212.53.5
Aug29° / 23°29126.612.33.3
Sep30° / 23°23524.112.13.3
Oct32° / 23°8712.211.83.9
Nov34° / 22°20.411.63.6
Dec35° / 21°0011.43.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
38020
48020
57921
67921
77822
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97822
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Zungeru gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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.

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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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198110
298110
397111
496121
596121
696121
795221
894231
994231
1094231
1194231
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1391342
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2587544
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2787544
2887544
2986644
3086644
3186644

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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1210calm
139calm
149calm
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169calm
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319calm

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 6:55 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:556:22
211.46:566:22
311.46:566:23
411.46:576:23
511.46:576:24
611.46:576:24
711.56:586:25
811.56:586:25
911.56:586:26
1011.56:596:26
1111.56:596:27
1211.56:596:27
1311.56:596:28
1411.57:006:28
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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 6.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.04 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Bright
76.0Bright
86.0Bright
96.0Bright
106.0Bright
116.0Intense
126.0Intense
136.0Intense
146.0Intense
156.0Intense
166.0Intense
176.0Intense
186.1Intense
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216.1Intense
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256.1Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
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316.2Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Zungeru

In seasonPeak

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

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

Zungeru sees seasonal dust haze (December–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 Zungeru?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zungeru in January

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

In January, Zungeru sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Zungeru 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 Zungeru peaks around September 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highSep 12UV 12Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Zungeru 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 Zungeru is worst in February — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (July, 23 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 9104 µg/m³Jul 2123 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan101Unhealthy
Feb104Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr55Unhealthy
May33Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct44Poor
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Zungeru?

Zungeru sits at 9.8°N, 6.2°E, 125 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Tegina, 30 km away.

BidaLapaiKontagoraPatigiSulejaMokwa

Topography around Zungeru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zungeru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 128 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 617 m.

The land around Zungeru is covered by cropland (48%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
226 m
80 km
617 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Tegina 30 km · Minna 48 km · Bida 82 km · Lapai 96 km · Kontagora 100 km · Patigi 128 km · Suleja 132 km · Mokwa 133 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 Zungeru (9.8073°, 6.1524°, elevation 125 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).