Ad-Damir weather in January

In January, Ad-Damir sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ad-Damir's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad-Damir's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 7:22 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 8th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

Ad-Damir is human settlement.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ad-Damir reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	17
2	29	17
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	17

How January really feels in Ad-Damir

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ad-Damir weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 16°	0	0	11.1	7.3
Feb	32° / 17°	0	0	11.4	5.8
Mar	35° / 20°	0	0	11.9	3.4
Apr	39° / 24°	0	0.1	12.4	0.8
May	41° / 27°	2	0.6	12.8	0.0
Jun	42° / 29°	0	0.1	13	0.0
Jul	40° / 28°	8	2.1	12.9	0.1
Aug	40° / 28°	9	2.8	12.6	0.3
Sep	40° / 28°	2	0.6	12.1	0.0
Oct	39° / 26°	1	0.2	11.6	0.9
Nov	34° / 22°	0	0	11.2	3.9
Dec	31° / 18°	0	0	11	6.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	91	91	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	92	92	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95
Cloudier (%)	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ad-Damir gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in January

Winds average 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
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16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
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25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:18 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:18	6:16
2	11.0	7:19	6:17
3	11.0	7:19	6:17
4	11.0	7:19	6:18
5	11.0	7:20	6:18
6	11.0	7:20	6:19
7	11.0	7:20	6:20
8	11.0	7:20	6:20
9	11.0	7:21	6:21
10	11.0	7:21	6:21
11	11.0	7:21	6:22
12	11.0	7:21	6:23
13	11.0	7:21	6:23
14	11.0	7:22	6:24
15	11.0	7:22	6:24
16	11.1	7:22	6:25
17	11.1	7:22	6:26
18	11.1	7:22	6:26
19	11.1	7:22	6:27
20	11.1	7:22	6:27
21	11.1	7:22	6:28
22	11.1	7:22	6:29
23	11.1	7:22	6:29
24	11.1	7:22	6:30
25	11.1	7:22	6:30
26	11.1	7:22	6:31
27	11.2	7:22	6:31
28	11.2	7:22	6:32
29	11.2	7:22	6:33
30	11.2	7:21	6:33
31	11.2	7:21	6:34

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ad-Damir

In seasonPeak

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

Ad-Damir sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Is January a good time to visit Ad-Damir?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

9.4

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Ad-Damir for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ad-Damir in January

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

In January, Ad-Damir sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ad-Damir 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 Ad-Damir peaks around April 15 at about 12 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	10	11	12	11	11	8	9	10	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Ad-Damir 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 Ad-Damir is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	44	43	47	41	41	37	34	31	30	31	30	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	41	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	34	Moderate
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ad-Damir?

Ad-Damir sits at 17.6°N, 34.0°E, 354 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Atbara, 12 km away.

Topography around Ad-Damir

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad-Damir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 353 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m.

The land around Ad-Damir is covered by bare terrain (45%), artificial surfaces (22%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (58%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (92%) within 80 km.

3 km

25 m

bare terrain 45%

16 km

59 m

bare terrain 58%

80 km

249 m

bare terrain 92%

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← December Ad-Damir year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Atbara 12 km · Berber 47 km · El Bauga 74 km · Shendi 116 km · Kuraymah 248 km · Khartoum North 265 km · Omdurman 269 km · Khartoum 275 km

Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / F / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 215% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,165; 2025
Happiness: 4.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate: 5.1; per 100k, 2008
Road deaths: 26.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 421

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 Ad-Damir (17.599°, 33.9721°, elevation 354 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	17
2	29	17
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	17
2	29	17
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	17
2	29	17
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4