Dilling weather in January

In January, Dilling sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dilling's 4th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dilling's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
17°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
7:30 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
27%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Dilling is town in South Kordofan State 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Dilling reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Dilling

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.

Dilling weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 17°00.111.46.5
Feb33° / 19°0011.64.9
Mar36° / 22°10.411.92.8
Apr38° / 24°61.912.31.3
May37° / 25°439.812.51.4
Jun34° / 24°8016.912.72.5
Jul31° / 23°11821.312.63.4
Aug30° / 22°15523.112.43.7
Sep31° / 22°11619.712.13.5
Oct33° / 22°499.711.73.4
Nov34° / 21°0011.44.3
Dec31° / 18°0011.36.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28416
38317
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Dilling gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
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916light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 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 7:25 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:256:44
211.37:266:44
311.37:266:45
411.37:276:45
511.37:276:46
611.37:276:46
711.37:286:47
811.37:286:47
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1011.37:286:48
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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 5.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 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
15.9Bright
26.0Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Bright
76.0Intense
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116.1Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Dilling

In seasonPeak

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

Dilling's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Dilling sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Rainy season
Dust
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Dilling?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dilling in January

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

In January, Dilling sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dilling in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dilling peaks around March 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 13UV 13Dec 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Dilling 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 Dilling is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1645 µg/m³Aug 1912 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Poor
Feb39Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr38Poor
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dilling?

Dilling sits at 12.1°N, 29.6°E, 687 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Abū Zabad, 55 km away.

KadugliAr RahadEl ObeidAl FūlahAn NuhūdAbu JibehaUmm Ruwaba

Topography around Dilling

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dilling has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 681 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 392 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 551 m.

The land around Dilling is covered by grassland (78%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
93 m
16 km
392 m
80 km
551 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Abū Zabad 55 km · Kadugli 116 km · Ar Rahad 131 km · El Obeid 140 km · Al Fūlah 145 km · An Nuhūd 151 km · Abu Jibeha 184 km · Umm Ruwaba 195 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 Dilling (12.05°, 29.65°, elevation 687 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).