Kas weather in January

In January, Kas sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-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 71% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kas's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:52 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Kas is town in South 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kas reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16

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

How January really feels in Kas

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.

Kas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 14°	0	0	11.3	6.6
Feb	32° / 17°	0	0	11.6	5.1
Mar	35° / 20°	1	0.1	11.9	3.6
Apr	36° / 23°	3	1	12.3	2.5
May	36° / 23°	23	5.2	12.6	2.3
Jun	34° / 22°	60	13.3	12.7	2.8
Jul	30° / 21°	163	24.7	12.7	3.4
Aug	29° / 20°	171	23.9	12.4	3.9
Sep	31° / 20°	78	14.9	12.1	4.2
Oct	33° / 20°	17	3.8	11.7	4.2
Nov	32° / 18°	0	0	11.4	5.2
Dec	30° / 15°	0	0	11.3	6.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 19%.

	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	85	85	84	83	83	83	81	81	81	80	80	79	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	81	81	81	81	81	83	83	83	83	83	83
Cloudier (%)	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kas 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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:48 AM to 7:53 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:20 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	11.3	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	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:48	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:53
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	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	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:48	7:04
2	11.3	7:48	7:05
3	11.3	7:48	7:05
4	11.3	7:49	7:06
5	11.3	7:49	7:06
6	11.3	7:49	7:07
7	11.3	7:50	7:07
8	11.3	7:50	7:08
9	11.3	7:50	7:09
10	11.3	7:51	7:09
11	11.3	7:51	7:10
12	11.3	7:51	7:10
13	11.3	7:51	7:11
14	11.3	7:52	7:11
15	11.3	7:52	7:12
16	11.3	7:52	7:12
17	11.3	7:52	7:13
18	11.4	7:52	7:13
19	11.4	7:52	7:14
20	11.4	7:53	7:14
21	11.4	7:53	7:15
22	11.4	7:53	7:15
23	11.4	7:53	7:16
24	11.4	7:53	7:16
25	11.4	7:53	7:17
26	11.4	7:53	7:17
27	11.4	7:53	7:18
28	11.4	7:53	7:18
29	11.4	7:53	7:19
30	11.4	7:53	7:19
31	11.4	7:53	7:20

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 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 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	6.4	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	6.4	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kas

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kas?

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

6.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kas in January

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

In January, Kas sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kas 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 Kas peaks around August 18 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	12	12	12	11	12	10	13	11	11	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Kas 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 Kas is worst in March — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (August, 20 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)	27	37	54	48	38	34	28	20	21	25	22	24
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	54	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kas?

Kas sits at 12.5°N, 24.3°E, 944 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Nyala, 83 km away.

Topography around Kas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 943 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,332 m.

The land around Kas is covered by grassland (57%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (82%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

38 m

grassland 57%

16 km

281 m

grassland 82%

80 km

2,332 m

grassland 78%

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

January weather nearby: Nyala 83 km · Zalinjay 99 km · Kabkābīyah 129 km · Sh'īarīah 141 km · Rahad al Bardi 141 km · Tullus 160 km · Gereida 166 km · El Fasher 170 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 Kas (12.5097°, 24.2852°, elevation 944 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	30	14
2	30	14
3	30	14
4	30	14
5	30	14
6	30	14
7	30	14
8	30	14
9	30	14
10	30	14
11	30	14
12	30	14
13	30	14
14	30	14
15	30	14
16	30	14
17	30	14
18	30	14
19	30	14
20	30	14
21	30	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	31	15
25	31	15
26	31	15
27	31	15
28	31	15
29	31	15
30	31	15
31	31	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	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