Ad Douiem weather in January

In January, Ad Douiem sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ad Douiem's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad Douiem's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:22 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 6th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Ad Douiem is city of the state of White Nile, 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ad Douiem reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	18
25	32	18
26	32	18
27	32	18
28	32	18
29	33	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

How January really feels in Ad Douiem

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 8 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

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ad Douiem 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	31° / 17°	0	0	11.3	5.8
Feb	34° / 19°	0	0	11.5	4.1
Mar	37° / 22°	0	0	11.9	1.8
Apr	40° / 25°	1	0.2	12.3	0.1
May	41° / 27°	9	3.2	12.6	0.0
Jun	39° / 27°	12	3.8	12.8	0.5
Jul	36° / 26°	49	9.6	12.7	2.0
Aug	34° / 25°	61	11	12.5	2.7
Sep	36° / 25°	32	8.2	12.1	2.0
Oct	38° / 26°	11	3.4	11.7	1.2
Nov	36° / 22°	0	0	11.4	2.9
Dec	32° / 19°	0	0	11.2	5.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%.

	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 (%)	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ad Douiem 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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 18 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
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12	18	light breeze
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20	18	light breeze
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25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 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 7:23 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:45 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:18	6:29
2	11.2	7:19	6:30
3	11.2	7:19	6:31
4	11.2	7:19	6:31
5	11.2	7:20	6:32
6	11.2	7:20	6:32
7	11.2	7:20	6:33
8	11.2	7:21	6:33
9	11.2	7:21	6:34
10	11.2	7:21	6:34
11	11.2	7:21	6:35
12	11.2	7:22	6:36
13	11.2	7:22	6:36
14	11.2	7:22	6:37
15	11.2	7:22	6:37
16	11.3	7:22	6:38
17	11.3	7:23	6:38
18	11.3	7:23	6:39
19	11.3	7:23	6:39
20	11.3	7:23	6:40
21	11.3	7:23	6:40
22	11.3	7:23	6:41
23	11.3	7:23	6:41
24	11.3	7:23	6:42
25	11.3	7:23	6:42
26	11.3	7:23	6:43
27	11.3	7:23	6:43
28	11.3	7:23	6:44
29	11.4	7:23	6:44
30	11.4	7:23	6:45
31	11.4	7:23	6:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Bright
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ad Douiem

In seasonPeak

None of Ad Douiem'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 Douiem sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in June.

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Is January a good time to visit Ad Douiem?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.7

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ad Douiem for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ad Douiem in January

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

In January, Ad Douiem sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Ad Douiem 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 Ad Douiem peaks around March 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (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)	10	12	13	13	10	11	8	11	11	11	8	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Ad Douiem 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 Douiem is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	52	51	55	47	37	25	19	17	21	31	34	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	52	Poor
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	47	Poor
May	37	Poor
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ad Douiem?

Ad Douiem sits at 14.0°N, 32.3°E, 385 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Al Manāqil, 78 km away.

Topography around Ad Douiem

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad Douiem has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 380 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m.

The land around Ad Douiem is covered by water (32%), artificial surfaces (28%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

14 m

water 32%

16 km

22 m

cropland 42%

80 km

136 m

cropland 45%

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

January weather nearby: Al Manāqil 78 km · Al-Quṭaynah 81 km · Al Jazeera Aba 83 km · Kināna 93 km · Al Qiţena 96 km · Kosti 101 km · Rabak 102 km · Tandaltī 120 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 Douiem (14.0012°, 32.3116°, elevation 385 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	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	18
25	32	18
26	32	18
27	32	18
28	32	18
29	33	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
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2	0
3	0
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9	0
10	0
11	0
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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 (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
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30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	18
25	32	18
26	32	18
27	32	18
28	32	18
29	33	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	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
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15	0
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17	0
18	0
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20	0
21	0
22	0
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27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
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30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	17
2	31	17
3	31	17
4	31	17
5	31	17
6	31	17
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	32	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	18
25	32	18
26	32	18
27	32	18
28	32	18
29	33	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	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 (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100