Gogrial weather in January

In January, Gogrial sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-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 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gogrial's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gogrial's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
7:30 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
39%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Gogrial is human settlement.

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 36°C through the month.

A typical January day in Gogrial reaches about 36°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 39°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 Gogrial

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.

Gogrial weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 22°00.111.62.8
Feb38° / 24°10.211.71.6
Mar39° / 26°142.411.90.7
Apr38° / 27°389.812.20.9
May36° / 26°9117.512.41.8
Jun33° / 24°12319.612.52.8
Jul31° / 23°18023.312.43.2
Aug30° / 22°19525.212.33.2
Sep31° / 23°14321.812.13.3
Oct32° / 23°9717.211.83.3
Nov35° / 23°102.511.63.2
Dec35° / 23°0011.53.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27327
37327
47327
57228
67129
77030
87030
96931
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116832
126733
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227030
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317327

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Gogrial gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in January, the driest month. 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 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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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3198011

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:25 AM to 7:32 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.57:256:56
211.57:266:57
311.57:266:57
411.57:276:58
511.57:276:58
611.57:276:59
711.57:286:59
811.57:287:00
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1011.57:297:01
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1311.57:307:02
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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 6.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Gogrial

In seasonPeak

None of Gogrial's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Gogrial?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gogrial in January

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

In January, Gogrial sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gogrial in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gogrial peaks around March 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Gogrial 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 Gogrial is worst in March — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.8× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodModerateModerateMar 1542 µg/m³Aug 2011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar43Poor
Apr26Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep12Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov42Poor
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gogrial?

Gogrial sits at 8.5°N, 28.1°E, 414 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Kuacjok, 29 km away.

WinejokAweilWauAbyeiTonjLeerRumbek

Topography around Gogrial

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gogrial has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7 m around an average of 414 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m.

The land around Gogrial is covered by grassland (82%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and shrubs (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%), shrubs (27%) and wetland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
7 m
16 km
11 m
80 km
111 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Kuacjok 29 km · Winejok 79 km · Aweil 82 km · Wau 93 km · Abyei 124 km · Tonj 154 km · Leer 226 km · Rumbek 259 km

South Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Prices
≈ 6% of US
price level, 2021
GDP per capita
$1,080
2015
Happiness
2.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2019
Homicide rate
14
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
36.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Christian 61%folk religion 33%Muslim 6%

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 Gogrial (8.5332°, 28.1004°, elevation 414 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).