Gereida weather in January

In January, Gereida sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 Gereida's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gereida's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 7:47 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Gereida is human settlement in 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 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical January day in Gereida reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 36°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)	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	18
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

How January really feels in Gereida

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 12 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

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Gereida 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 18°	0	0	11.4	5.3
Feb	35° / 20°	0	0	11.6	3.6
Mar	38° / 23°	1	0.3	11.9	1.6
Apr	39° / 25°	4	0.8	12.2	0.5
May	38° / 26°	26	5.4	12.5	0.9
Jun	36° / 25°	61	11.4	12.6	2.2
Jul	32° / 24°	107	17.5	12.6	3.2
Aug	31° / 23°	131	19.2	12.4	3.5
Sep	32° / 23°	88	14.7	12.1	3.4
Oct	35° / 23°	32	7.2	11.7	2.7
Nov	35° / 22°	1	0.1	11.5	3.2
Dec	33° / 19°	0	0	11.4	5.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 21%.

	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 (%)	82	82	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	78	77	77	77	77	78	79	79	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	18	18	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Gereida 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 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
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8	15	light breeze
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16	15	light breeze
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27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

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 7:42 AM to 7:48 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:18 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)	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:48
Sunset (PM)	7:03	7:04	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	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:42	7:03
2	11.4	7:42	7:04
3	11.4	7:43	7:04
4	11.4	7:43	7:05
5	11.4	7:44	7:05
6	11.4	7:44	7:06
7	11.4	7:44	7:06
8	11.4	7:45	7:07
9	11.4	7:45	7:07
10	11.4	7:45	7:08
11	11.4	7:45	7:08
12	11.4	7:46	7:09
13	11.4	7:46	7:09
14	11.4	7:46	7:10
15	11.4	7:46	7:10
16	11.4	7:47	7:11
17	11.4	7:47	7:11
18	11.4	7:47	7:12
19	11.4	7:47	7:12
20	11.4	7:47	7:13
21	11.4	7:47	7:13
22	11.4	7:47	7:14
23	11.4	7:48	7:14
24	11.5	7:48	7:15
25	11.5	7:48	7:15
26	11.5	7:48	7:16
27	11.5	7:48	7:16
28	11.5	7:48	7:17
29	11.5	7:48	7:17
30	11.5	7:48	7:17
31	11.5	7:48	7:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.4 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 6.24 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)	6.1	6.1	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	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5
Level	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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Gereida

In seasonPeak

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

Gereida sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

Dust

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Is January a good time to visit Gereida?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gereida in January

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

In January, Gereida sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Gereida 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 Gereida peaks around August 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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)	11	12	13	12	10	11	11	13	11	11	9	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Gereida 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 Gereida is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (August, 15 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)	38	47	58	46	30	26	18	15	16	21	24	33
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	38	Poor
Feb	47	Poor
Mar	58	Unhealthy
Apr	46	Poor
May	30	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gereida?

Gereida sits at 11.3°N, 25.1°E, 483 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Burām, 46 km away.

Topography around Gereida

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gereida has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 478 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m.

The land around Gereida is covered by grassland (52%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

13 m

grassland 52%

16 km

44 m

grassland 64%

80 km

225 m

grassland 63%

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

January weather nearby: Burām 46 km · Tullus 70 km · Nyala 91 km · El Daein 109 km · Rahad al Bardi 137 km · Sh'īarīah 138 km · Kas 166 km · Kafia Kingi 236 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 Gereida (11.2754°, 25.1403°, elevation 483 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	32	18
2	32	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	18
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	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	32	18
2	32	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	18
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	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	32	18
2	32	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	17
8	31	17
9	31	17
10	31	17
11	31	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	18
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	33	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	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