Al Ḩawātah weather in January

In January, Al Ḩawātah sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-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 78% 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 Al Ḩawātah's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Ḩawātah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
7:12 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
20%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Al Ḩawātah is city of the state of Gedaref, 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 35°C through the month.

A typical January day in Al Ḩawātah reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°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 Al Ḩawātah

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.

Al Ḩawātah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 21°0011.33.3
Feb37° / 22°0011.61.9
Mar40° / 25°10.211.90.2
Apr41° / 27°30.812.30.0
May40° / 28°23612.60.1
Jun38° / 26°421012.81.0
Jul34° / 24°10718.412.72.4
Aug32° / 23°12919.312.43.2
Sep34° / 24°6211.912.13.0
Oct37° / 25°277.211.72.0
Nov38° / 24°10.211.41.7
Dec36° / 22°0011.22.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
28812
38812
48812
58812
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al Ḩawātah 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.

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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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10991
11991
12982
13982
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22982
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24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30991
311000

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
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913light breeze
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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 7:08 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:086:21
211.27:086:22
311.27:096:22
411.27:096:23
511.27:096:23
611.27:106:24
711.27:106:25
811.27:106:25
911.37:116:26
1011.37:116:26
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1211.37:116:27
1311.37:126:28
1411.37:126:28
1511.37:126:29
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1811.37:126:30
1911.37:136:31
2011.37:136:32
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2211.37:136:33
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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 5.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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186.0Bright
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206.0Bright
216.0Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al Ḩawātah

In seasonPeak

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

Al Ḩawātah sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is January a good time to visit Al Ḩawātah?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al Ḩawātah in January

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

In January, Al Ḩawātah sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Ḩawātah 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 Al Ḩawātah peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 24UV 13Dec 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Al Ḩawātah 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 Al Ḩawātah is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2134 µg/m³Nov 1216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al Ḩawātah?

Al Ḩawātah sits at 13.4°N, 34.6°E, 445 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Ad-Dindar, 59 km away.

MaiurnoAl QadarifSennar

Topography around Al Ḩawātah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Ḩawātah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 442 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m.

The land around Al Ḩawātah is covered by cropland (55%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (81%) within 16 km, and cropland (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
12 m
16 km
32 m
80 km
343 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
January weather nearby: Ad-Dindar 59 km · Singa 82 km · As Sūkī 82 km · Umm Shawkah 94 km · Al-Fāw 97 km · Maiurno 105 km · Al Qadarif 106 km · Sennar 117 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 Al Ḩawātah (13.4167°, 34.6333°, elevation 445 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).