Kuacjok weather in January

In January, Kuacjok 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 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°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 Kuacjok's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kuacjok's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
7:30 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
40%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Kuacjok is city in South Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Kuacjok 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 39°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Kuacjok

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 ≤ 0°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.

Kuacjok 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
Jan35° / 22°00.111.62.9
Feb37° / 24°10.411.71.7
Mar39° / 26°162.711.90.9
Apr38° / 27°4210.112.21.1
May35° / 26°9817.812.42.0
Jun33° / 24°12219.912.52.8
Jul31° / 23°1712312.43.2
Aug30° / 22°19425.212.33.2
Sep31° / 23°14822.2123.2
Oct32° / 23°10318.111.83.2
Nov35° / 23°122.611.63.3
Dec35° / 23°0011.53.1

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 31%.

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

Any precipitation

Kuacjok 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 97% 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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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 11 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 7:26 AM to 7:32 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.57:266:57
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411.57:276:58
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611.57:276:59
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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 6.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kuacjok

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
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May
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Is January a good time to visit Kuacjok?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kuacjok in January

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kuacjok 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 Kuacjok 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 Kuacjok 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 Kuacjok 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 Kuacjok?

Kuacjok sits at 8.3°N, 28.0°E, 428 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Gogrial, 29 km away.

AweilWinejokTonjAbyeiLeerRumbek

Topography around Kuacjok

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kuacjok has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 422 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m.

The land around Kuacjok is covered by wetland (45%) and grassland (41%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
54 m
80 km
161 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
← DecemberKuacjok year-round climateFebruary →Best places to visit in January
January weather nearby: Gogrial 29 km · Wau 67 km · Aweil 82 km · Winejok 91 km · Tonj 138 km · Abyei 152 km · Leer 238 km · Rumbek 250 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 Kuacjok (8.3028°, 27.98°, elevation 428 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).