Dagana weather in January

In January, Dagana sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dagana's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dagana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
7:38 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
40%
8th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Dagana is city in Senegal.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Dagana reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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313219

How January really feels in Dagana

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 5 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
5
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.

Dagana weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°30.311.15.3
Feb33° / 19°20.311.44.2
Mar36° / 21°00.111.92.6
Apr38° / 22°0012.41.3
May40° / 24°00.112.80.3
Jun39° / 25°20.4130.8
Jul36° / 25°132.512.92.2
Aug35° / 26°597.812.62.5
Sep36° / 26°56812.12.1
Oct38° / 26°152.611.61.2
Nov36° / 23°10.211.22.4
Dec33° / 19°20.3114.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25941
35941
45941
56040
66040
76040
86139
96139
106337
116337
126337
136436
146436
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206535
216634
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306733
316733

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Dagana gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.3 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 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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21
31
41
51
61
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102
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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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19721
29721
39721
49721
59721
69721
79631
89631
99631
109631
119631
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209631
219631
229541
239541
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259541
269451
279451
289451
299451
309451
319361

Wind in January

Winds average 18 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light breeze
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2118light breeze
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3018light breeze
3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:35 AM to 7:38 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.07:356:37
211.07:356:37
311.07:356:38
411.07:366:38
511.07:366:39
611.17:366:39
711.17:366:40
811.17:376:41
911.17:376:41
1011.17:376:42
1111.17:376:42
1211.17:386:43
1311.17:386:43
1411.17:386:44
1511.17:386:45
1611.17:386:45
1711.17:386:46
1811.17:386:46
1911.17:386:47
2011.17:396:48
2111.27:396:48
2211.27:396:49
2311.27:396:49
2411.27:396:50
2511.27:396:50
2611.27:386:51
2711.27:386:51
2811.27:386:52
2911.27:386:52
3011.27:386:53
3111.37:386:54

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.48 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.32 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.2Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
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205.4Bright
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275.5Bright
285.6Bright
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Dagana

In seasonPeak

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

Dagana sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

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

Is January a good time to visit Dagana?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dagana in January

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

In January, Dagana sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dagana 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 Dagana peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Dagana 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 Dagana is worst in January — around 115 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.7× the cleanest month (August, 31 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorPoorUnhealthyJan 24115 µg/m³Aug 1932 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan115Unhealthy
Feb115Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr73Unhealthy
May73Unhealthy
Jun83Unhealthy
Jul46Poor
Aug31Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct59Unhealthy
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec105Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dagana?

Dagana sits at 16.5°N, 15.6°W, 16 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Richard-Toll, 11 km away.

PodorNdioumSaint-LouisLougaDara

Topography around Dagana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dagana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m.

The land around Dagana is covered by grassland (52%) and cropland (38%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
26 m
80 km
71 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Richard-Toll 11 km · Rosso 22 km · Tékane 30 km · Podor 71 km · Ndioum 102 km · Saint-Louis 108 km · Louga 116 km · Dara 126 km

Senegal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,955
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
27%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
23.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 442
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Dagana (16.4767°, -15.6°, elevation 16 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).