Al-Junaynah weather in January

In January, Al-Junaynah sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% 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-Junaynah's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al-Junaynah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
14°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
8:01 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover
24%
3rd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Al-Junaynah is Human settlement in West Darfur, Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical January day in Al-Junaynah reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 16°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 on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Al-Junaynah

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Al-Junaynah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 14°0011.36.8
Feb32° / 16°0011.65.1
Mar35° / 20°00.111.93.1
Apr37° / 22°30.912.31.7
May37° / 24°123.412.61.6
Jun36° / 23°387.912.82.3
Jul31° / 22°18022.712.73.1
Aug30° / 21°23124.712.43.5
Sep32° / 21°6911.412.14.0
Oct34° / 21°112.511.73.9
Nov32° / 18°0011.45.2
Dec30° / 15°0011.26.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% 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 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al-Junaynah 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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Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
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814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
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3114light 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 7:57 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:577:10
211.27:577:10
311.27:587:11
411.27:587:12
511.27:587:12
611.27:597:13
711.27:597:13
811.27:597:14
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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 6.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Intense
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96.0Intense
106.0Intense
116.1Intense
126.1Intense
136.1Intense
146.1Intense
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176.2Intense
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206.2Intense
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266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al-Junaynah

In seasonPeak

None of Al-Junaynah'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-Junaynah's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Al-Junaynah sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in April.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Al-Junaynah?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
9.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al-Junaynah in January

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

In January, Al-Junaynah sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al-Junaynah 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-Junaynah peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Al-Junaynah 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-Junaynah is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMar 1761 µg/m³Aug 2122 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr51Poor
May42Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul32Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al-Junaynah?

Al-Junaynah sits at 13.5°N, 22.4°E, 797 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is El Geneina Fort, 3.0 km away.

ZalinjayGoz BeidaKabkābīyahAbéchéIriba

Topography around Al-Junaynah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al-Junaynah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 794 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 543 m.

The land around Al-Junaynah is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
273 m
80 km
543 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: El Geneina Fort 3.0 km · 'Ārdamatā 5.0 km · Adré 27 km · Zalinjay 126 km · Goz Beida 177 km · Kabkābīyah 178 km · Abéché 179 km · Iriba 186 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-Junaynah (13.4526°, 22.4473°, elevation 797 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).