Tonj weather in January

In January, Tonj sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 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 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tonj's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tonj's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
7:26 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
43%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Tonj 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 Tonj reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 38°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 Tonj

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.

Tonj 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°10.311.62.8
Feb37° / 24°30.711.81.8
Mar38° / 26°214.5121.4
Apr36° / 26°6313.612.21.8
May34° / 25°1222012.32.5
Jun32° / 23°12720.312.43.1
Jul30° / 23°16322.912.43.4
Aug30° / 22°17823.612.23.3
Sep31° / 22°15222.4123.2
Oct32° / 23°12220.211.83.2
Nov33° / 23°235.711.73.6
Dec35° / 23°20.411.63.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27129
37030
46931
56931
66832
76733
86733
96535
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116535
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tonj gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
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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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
187841
287841
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 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 7:21 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.67:216:56
211.67:216:56
311.67:226:57
411.67:226:57
511.67:236:58
611.67:236:58
711.67:236:59
811.67:246:59
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1011.67:247:00
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1911.67:277:04
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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 6.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 6.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.1Intense
76.1Intense
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126.2Intense
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286.3Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tonj

In seasonPeak

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

Tonj's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Tonj?

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 Tonj. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tonj in January

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tonj 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 Tonj peaks around March 21 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 highMar 21UV 13Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Tonj 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 Tonj is worst in December — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.6× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModeratePoorDec 1349 µg/m³Aug 2411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb42Poor
Mar44Poor
Apr24Moderate
May12Good
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct16Moderate
Nov46Poor
Dec50Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Tonj?

Tonj sits at 7.3°N, 28.7°E, 444 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Wau, 89 km away.

WauRumbekKuacjokGogrialLeerAweilWinejokAbyei

Topography around Tonj

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tonj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 437 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m.

The land around Tonj is covered by grassland (79%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
73 m
80 km
176 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
January weather nearby: Wau 89 km · Rumbek 122 km · Kuacjok 138 km · Gogrial 154 km · Leer 198 km · Aweil 218 km · Winejok 228 km · Abyei 260 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 Tonj (7.2739°, 28.6775°, elevation 444 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).