Dara weather in January

In January, Dara sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 52% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dara's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:36 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
42%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Dara is town 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 Dara 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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How January really feels in Dara

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 10 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
10
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.

Dara weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°30.211.25.1
Feb34° / 19°10.211.53.9
Mar37° / 21°00.111.92.3
Apr38° / 22°0012.31.0
May39° / 23°0012.70.7
Jun37° / 24°4112.91.8
Jul35° / 25°396.112.82.8
Aug33° / 25°10412.212.53.1
Sep33° / 25°8510.612.13.2
Oct36° / 24°213.711.72.2
Nov36° / 21°10.111.32.7
Dec33° / 19°10.211.14.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 35%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25941
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76139
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Dara gets around 3 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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:32 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:326:38
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411.17:336:40
511.17:336:40
611.17:346:41
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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 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Dara

In seasonPeak

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

Dara 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 Dara?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dara in January

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dara 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 Dara peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Dara 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 Dara is worst in February — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (August, 32 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorPoorUnhealthyFeb 1299 µg/m³Aug 1833 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan92Unhealthy
Feb101Unhealthy
Mar79Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul45Poor
Aug32Moderate
Sep40Poor
Oct59Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dara?

Dara sits at 15.3°N, 15.5°W, 41 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Ndibène Dahra, 2.0 km away.

LinguèreToubaMbakéKeur MédouneLougaKébémerDiourbel

Topography around Dara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m.

The land around Dara is covered by grassland (56%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (78%) within 16 km, and grassland (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
43 m
80 km
63 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Ndibène Dahra 2.0 km · Linguère 39 km · Touba 69 km · Mbaké 77 km · Keur Médoune 80 km · Louga 85 km · Kébémer 102 km · Diourbel 113 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 Dara (15.3484°, -15.4799°, elevation 41 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).