Richard-Toll weather in January

In January, Richard-Toll sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 4 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 31°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 Richard-Toll's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Richard-Toll's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
7:39 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
40%
8th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Richard-Toll 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Richard-Toll reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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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How January really feels in Richard-Toll

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 1 day 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
1
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.

Richard-Toll 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
Jan31° / 18°40.311.15.5
Feb33° / 19°20.311.44.5
Mar35° / 21°00.111.93.0
Apr37° / 21°0012.41.9
May39° / 23°00.112.81.0
Jun38° / 24°20.3131.4
Jul36° / 25°122.312.92.7
Aug35° / 26°597.512.62.8
Sep36° / 26°558.312.12.3
Oct38° / 25°162.911.61.4
Nov36° / 23°10.211.22.6
Dec33° / 20°20.3114.6

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 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25941
35842
45941
55941
66040
76040
86139
96139
106139
116337
126337
136337
146337
156337
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316832

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Richard-Toll gets around 4 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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21
31
41
51
61
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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 95% 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
79622
89622
99721
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199631
209541
219541
229541
239541
249451
259451
269352
279262
289262
299262
309262
319262

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 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
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
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817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
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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
211.07:356:38
311.07:366:38
411.07:366:39
511.17:366:39
611.17:376:40
711.17:376:40
811.17:376:41
911.17:376:42
1011.17:386:42
1111.17:386:43
1211.17:386:43
1311.17:386:44
1411.17:386:44
1511.17:386:45
1611.17:396:46
1711.17:396:46
1811.17:396:47
1911.17:396:47
2011.27:396:48
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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 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 5.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Richard-Toll

In seasonPeak

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

Richard-Toll sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Richard-Toll sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

Atlantic hurricane
Dust
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Richard-Toll?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Richard-Toll in January

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

In January, Richard-Toll sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Richard-Toll 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 Richard-Toll 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 Richard-Toll 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 Richard-Toll 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 Richard-Toll?

Richard-Toll sits at 16.5°N, 15.7°W, 7 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Dagana, 11 km away.

TékanePodorSaint-LouisLougaNdioumDara

Topography around Richard-Toll

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Richard-Toll has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m.

The land around Richard-Toll is covered by cropland (40%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
27 m
80 km
68 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Dagana 11 km · Rosso 12 km · Tékane 41 km · Podor 82 km · Saint-Louis 98 km · Louga 109 km · Ndioum 112 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 Richard-Toll (16.4625°, -15.7008°, elevation 7 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).