El Fasher weather in January

In January, El Fasher sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% 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 El Fasher's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Fasher's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:50 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

El Fasher is capital city of North Darfur, Sudan.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical January day in El Fasher reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	12
2	27	12
3	27	12
4	27	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	11
11	27	11
12	27	11
13	27	11
14	27	11
15	27	11
16	27	11
17	28	12
18	28	12
19	28	12
20	28	12
21	28	12
22	28	12
23	28	12
24	28	12
25	29	12
26	29	12
27	29	12
28	29	12
29	29	13
30	29	13
31	29	13

How January really feels in El Fasher

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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 Fasher weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 12°	0	0	11.3	8.3
Feb	31° / 14°	0	0	11.5	6.4
Mar	34° / 18°	0	0	11.9	4.3
Apr	36° / 21°	1	0.2	12.3	2.5
May	37° / 23°	5	1.5	12.6	1.7
Jun	37° / 24°	10	3	12.8	1.8
Jul	34° / 23°	67	12.5	12.7	2.7
Aug	32° / 22°	104	16.5	12.5	3.4
Sep	35° / 23°	23	5.7	12.1	3.1
Oct	35° / 22°	4	1.2	11.7	3.5
Nov	31° / 17°	0	0	11.4	5.9
Dec	28° / 13°	0	0	11.2	8.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% 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 15%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

El Fasher 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
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12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

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 7:45 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:14 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:49	7:49	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:45	6:58
2	11.2	7:46	6:59
3	11.2	7:46	6:59
4	11.2	7:47	7:00
5	11.2	7:47	7:00
6	11.2	7:47	7:01
7	11.2	7:48	7:01
8	11.2	7:48	7:02
9	11.2	7:48	7:02
10	11.2	7:48	7:03
11	11.2	7:49	7:03
12	11.3	7:49	7:04
13	11.3	7:49	7:05
14	11.3	7:49	7:05
15	11.3	7:49	7:06
16	11.3	7:50	7:06
17	11.3	7:50	7:07
18	11.3	7:50	7:07
19	11.3	7:50	7:08
20	11.3	7:50	7:08
21	11.3	7:50	7:09
22	11.3	7:50	7:09
23	11.3	7:50	7:10
24	11.3	7:50	7:10
25	11.3	7:50	7:11
26	11.4	7:50	7:11
27	11.4	7:50	7:12
28	11.4	7:50	7:12
29	11.4	7:50	7:13
30	11.4	7:50	7:13
31	11.4	7:50	7:14

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 5.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for El Fasher

In seasonPeak

None of El Fasher'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 Fasher sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in April.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit El Fasher?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for El Fasher in January

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

In January, El Fasher sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 12°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in El Fasher 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 El Fasher peaks around April 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	11	13	13	12	12	9	12	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in El Fasher 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 Fasher is worst in March — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	46	56	67	55	46	36	31	23	23	37	33	41
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	56	Unhealthy
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	55	Unhealthy
May	46	Poor
Jun	36	Poor
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	37	Poor
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is El Fasher?

El Fasher sits at 13.6°N, 25.3°E, 748 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Mellit, 60 km away.

Topography around El Fasher

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Fasher has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 740 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 904 m.

The land around El Fasher is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and bare terrain (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

38 m

artificial surfaces 63%

16 km

359 m

grassland 51%

80 km

904 m

grassland 78%

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← December El Fasher year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Mellit 60 km · Kutum 97 km · Sh'īarīah 135 km · Kabkābīyah 137 km · Kas 170 km · Nyala 183 km · Zalinjay 218 km · El Daein 255 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 Fasher (13.6279°, 25.3494°, elevation 748 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	12
2	27	12
3	27	12
4	27	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	11
11	27	11
12	27	11
13	27	11
14	27	11
15	27	11
16	27	11
17	28	12
18	28	12
19	28	12
20	28	12
21	28	12
22	28	12
23	28	12
24	28	12
25	29	12
26	29	12
27	29	12
28	29	12
29	29	13
30	29	13
31	29	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	12
2	27	12
3	27	12
4	27	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	11
11	27	11
12	27	11
13	27	11
14	27	11
15	27	11
16	27	11
17	28	12
18	28	12
19	28	12
20	28	12
21	28	12
22	28	12
23	28	12
24	28	12
25	29	12
26	29	12
27	29	12
28	29	12
29	29	13
30	29	13
31	29	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	12
2	27	12
3	27	12
4	27	11
5	27	11
6	27	11
7	27	11
8	27	11
9	27	11
10	27	11
11	27	11
12	27	11
13	27	11
14	27	11
15	27	11
16	27	11
17	28	12
18	28	12
19	28	12
20	28	12
21	28	12
22	28	12
23	28	12
24	28	12
25	29	12
26	29	12
27	29	12
28	29	12
29	29	13
30	29	13
31	29	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100