El Bauga weather in January

In January, El Bauga sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is El Bauga's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Bauga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
15°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
7:23 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
15%
8th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

El Bauga 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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in El Bauga reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in El Bauga

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.

El Bauga 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
Jan28° / 15°00118.1
Feb31° / 17°0011.46.4
Mar34° / 20°0011.94.0
Apr38° / 24°00.112.41.2
May41° / 27°10.412.80.0
Jun42° / 29°00.113.10.0
Jul40° / 29°61.8130.0
Aug40° / 29°61.712.60.0
Sep41° / 28°10.412.10.0
Oct38° / 26°10.211.61.2
Nov34° / 21°0011.14.5
Dec30° / 17°0010.97.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2919
39010
49010
59010
69010
78911
88911
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129010
13919
14919
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16928
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18928
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26946
27946
28946
29946
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31946

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

El Bauga 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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
18713
28812
38911
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59010
6919
7919
8928
9928
10937
11937
12937
13937
14937
15937
16937
17937
18937
19937
20937
21937
22937
23937
24937
25937
26937
27937
28937
29937
30946
31946

Wind in January

Winds average 19 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 7:22 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.97:206:15
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310.97:216:16
410.97:216:17
510.97:216:17
610.97:216:18
710.97:226:19
811.07:226:19
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1011.07:226:20
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1911.07:236:26
2011.17:236:27
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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 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for El Bauga

In seasonPeak

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

El Bauga sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is January a good time to visit El Bauga?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
9.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit El Bauga for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for El Bauga in January

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

In January, El Bauga sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in El Bauga in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Bauga peaks around April 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 16UV 12Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in El Bauga 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 El Bauga is worst in March — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 33 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1456 µg/m³Sep 1333 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan54Poor
Feb53Poor
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May47Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug34Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov38Poor
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is El Bauga?

El Bauga sits at 18.3°N, 33.9°E, 348 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Berber, 28 km away.

ShendiKuraymahSinkatJubaytKhartoum North

Topography around El Bauga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Bauga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 344 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 269 m.

The land around El Bauga is covered by trees (30%), cropland (29%) and bare terrain (28%) within 3 km, bare terrain (85%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (96%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
258 m
80 km
269 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Berber 28 km · Atbara 63 km · Ad-Damir 74 km · Shendi 182 km · Kuraymah 219 km · Sinkat 315 km · Jubayt 318 km · Khartoum North 325 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 El Bauga (18.262°, 33.9081°, elevation 348 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).