El Obeid weather in January

In January, El Obeid sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°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 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% 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 Obeid's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Obeid's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:29 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 6th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

El Obeid is city and capital of North Kurdufan, Sudan.

Founded: 1821

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 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical January day in El Obeid reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°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 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

How January really feels in El Obeid

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 Obeid 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	29° / 16°	0	0	11.3	7.4
Feb	32° / 18°	0	0	11.6	5.7
Mar	35° / 21°	0	0	11.9	3.4
Apr	38° / 24°	1	0.4	12.3	1.3
May	39° / 26°	11	3.5	12.6	0.7
Jun	37° / 26°	24	6.2	12.8	1.5
Jul	34° / 25°	62	13.3	12.7	2.7
Aug	33° / 24°	75	14.6	12.4	3.3
Sep	35° / 24°	41	9.2	12.1	2.8
Oct	36° / 24°	10	2.4	11.7	2.4
Nov	33° / 21°	0	0	11.4	4.6
Dec	30° / 17°	0	0	11.2	7.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% 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 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 (%)	85	85	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	85	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

El Obeid 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 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light 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 7:25 AM to 7:30 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:55 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	11.3	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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:25	6:39
2	11.2	7:26	6:40
3	11.2	7:26	6:40
4	11.2	7:26	6:41
5	11.2	7:27	6:42
6	11.3	7:27	6:42
7	11.3	7:27	6:43
8	11.3	7:28	6:43
9	11.3	7:28	6:44
10	11.3	7:28	6:44
11	11.3	7:28	6:45
12	11.3	7:29	6:45
13	11.3	7:29	6:46
14	11.3	7:29	6:46
15	11.3	7:29	6:47
16	11.3	7:29	6:47
17	11.3	7:30	6:48
18	11.3	7:30	6:49
19	11.3	7:30	6:49
20	11.3	7:30	6:50
21	11.3	7:30	6:50
22	11.3	7:30	6:51
23	11.3	7:30	6:51
24	11.4	7:30	6:52
25	11.4	7:30	6:52
26	11.4	7:30	6:53
27	11.4	7:30	6:53
28	11.4	7:30	6:54
29	11.4	7:30	6:54
30	11.4	7:30	6:54
31	11.4	7:30	6:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	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	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for El Obeid

In seasonPeak

None of El Obeid'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 Obeid sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit El Obeid?

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

7.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

9.1

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for El Obeid in January

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

In January, El Obeid sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in El Obeid 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 Obeid peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (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	13	13	13	10	12	10	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	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in El Obeid 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 Obeid is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 14 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)	47	49	58	46	36	25	19	14	16	30	30	41
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	47	Poor
Feb	49	Poor
Mar	58	Unhealthy
Apr	46	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is El Obeid?

El Obeid sits at 13.2°N, 30.2°E, 573 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Bārah, 60 km away.

Topography around El Obeid

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Obeid has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 574 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m.

The land around El Obeid is covered by artificial surfaces (73%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

artificial surfaces 73%

16 km

90 m

grassland 62%

80 km

308 m

grassland 72%

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

January weather nearby: Bārah 60 km · Ar Rahad 70 km · Umm Ruwaba 113 km · Abū Zabad 140 km · Dilling 140 km · Tandaltī 180 km · An Nuhūd 201 km · Abu Jibeha 221 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 Obeid (13.1842°, 30.2167°, elevation 573 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	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	29	15
16	29	15
17	29	15
18	29	15
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	30	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	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