Al Hilāliyya weather in January

In January, Al Hilāliyya sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Al Hilāliyya's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Hilāliyya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:20 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
19%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Al Hilāliyya is settlement in 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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Al Hilāliyya reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Al Hilāliyya

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 18 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
18
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 Hilāliyya weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°0011.25.3
Feb35° / 20°0011.53.7
Mar38° / 23°0011.91.5
Apr41° / 26°10.312.30.0
May42° / 29°82.712.70.0
Jun41° / 29°103.512.90.1
Jul38° / 27°4210.112.81.3
Aug36° / 26°5111.612.51.9
Sep38° / 27°215.212.11.2
Oct39° / 27°72.511.70.7
Nov37° / 24°0011.32.4
Dec33° / 20°0011.14.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% 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 11%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
29010
39010
48911
58911
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249010
259010
269010
27919
28928
29928
30928
31928

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al Hilāliyya 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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
31000
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91000
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20991
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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
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715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 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 7:16 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:166:24
211.17:176:25
311.17:176:25
411.17:176:26
511.17:186:26
611.17:186:27
711.27:186:27
811.27:196:28
911.27:196:29
1011.27:196:29
1111.27:196:30
1211.27:206:30
1311.27:206:31
1411.27:206:31
1511.27:206:32
1611.27:206:32
1711.27:206:33
1811.27:206:34
1911.27:216:34
2011.27:216:35
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2211.27:216:36
2311.37:216:36
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3011.37:216:40
3111.37:206:40

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.59 kWh/m² to a high of 7.53 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al Hilāliyya

In seasonPeak

None of Al Hilāliyya'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 Hilāliyya sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is January a good time to visit Al Hilāliyya?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al Hilāliyya in January

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

In January, Al Hilāliyya sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Hilāliyya in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (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 Hilāliyya peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 highApr 10UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Al Hilāliyya 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 Hilāliyya is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1457 µg/m³Aug 1023 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb55Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May46Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct41Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Al Hilāliyya?

Al Hilāliyya sits at 14.9°N, 33.2°E, 398 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Al Hasaheisa, 22 km away.

KhartoumAl-Quṭaynah

Topography around Al Hilāliyya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Hilāliyya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 396 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m.

The land around Al Hilāliyya is covered by cropland (39%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
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23 m
80 km
180 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Al Hasaheisa 22 km · Rufā‘a 25 km · Wad Medani 67 km · Al Manāqil 82 km · Al Qiţena 94 km · Kināna 101 km · Khartoum 101 km · Al-Quṭaynah 106 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 Hilāliyya (14.9398°, 33.234°, elevation 398 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).