Leer weather in January

In January, Leer sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 23°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 57% 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 Leer's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
7:22 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
39%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Leer is human settlement in South Sudan.

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 Leer reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°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 Leer

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.

Leer 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° / 23°00.111.62.8
Feb38° / 25°10.411.71.5
Mar39° / 27°122.411.90.9
Apr37° / 27°469.312.21.4
May34° / 26°10017.812.42.3
Jun32° / 24°13420.912.52.9
Jul31° / 23°18725.112.43.1
Aug30° / 23°19525.512.33.1
Sep31° / 23°14723123.1
Oct32° / 23°12120.411.83.1
Nov34° / 23°25511.63.6
Dec35° / 23°10.311.53.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27327
37327
47228
57228
67129
77129
87030
97030
107030
117030
127030
137030
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157129
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Leer 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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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)
19262
29262
39352
49352
59451
69451
79541
89541
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119541
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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
111calm
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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 7:17 AM to 7:24 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.57:176:48
211.57:176:49
311.57:186:49
411.57:186:50
511.57:186:50
611.57:196:51
711.57:196:51
811.57:196:52
911.57:206:52
1011.57:206:53
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1211.67:216:54
1311.67:216:54
1411.67:216:55
1511.67:226:55
1611.67:226:56
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2011.67:236:57
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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 6.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.12 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Intense
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86.0Intense
96.1Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Leer

In seasonPeak

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

Leer'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 Leer?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Leer in January

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

In January, Leer sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Leer in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Leer peaks around August 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 highAug 19UV 13Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Leer 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 Leer is worst in March — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1459 µg/m³Aug 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb51Poor
Mar60Unhealthy
Apr37Poor
May18Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Leer?

Leer sits at 8.3°N, 30.1°E, 397 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Rumbek, 174 km away.

RumbekTonjMalakalGogrialAbyeiKuacjokWauBor

Topography around Leer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6 m around an average of 396 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 19 m.

The land around Leer is covered by grassland (93%) within 3 km, grassland (86%) within 16 km, and wetland (61%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
6 m
16 km
11 m
80 km
19 m
treesshrubsgrasslandwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Rumbek 174 km · Tonj 198 km · Malakal 216 km · Gogrial 226 km · Abyei 236 km · Kuacjok 238 km · Wau 246 km · Bor 281 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 Leer (8.3031°, 30.1406°, elevation 397 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).