Kassala weather in January

In January, Kassala sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kassala's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kassala's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:08 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
17%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Kassala is capital of the state of Kassala in Sudan.

Founded
1840

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 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kassala reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Kassala

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Kassala weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 18°00.111.24.9
Feb35° / 19°0011.53.7
Mar37° / 21°0011.92.0
Apr40° / 25°10.412.30.3
May40° / 27°71.712.70.0
Jun39° / 27°102.812.90.8
Jul35° / 25°6112.212.82.4
Aug33° / 24°721312.53.2
Sep36° / 25°246.412.12.3
Oct37° / 25°51.511.61.7
Nov36° / 23°10.111.32.6
Dec34° / 19°0011.14.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
29010
39010
49010
59010
68911
78911
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22919
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25928
26937
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28937
29928
30928
31928

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kassala gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 64% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
157367
257367
358357
459347
560337
660337
761327
862317
962317
1063307
1164306
1265296
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2066304
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3066313
3166313

Wind in January

Winds average 13 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 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 7:05 AM to 7:08 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:056:10
211.17:056:11
311.17:056:12
411.17:066:12
511.17:066:13
611.17:066:13
711.17:076:14
811.17:076:14
911.17:076:15
1011.17:076:16
1111.17:086:16
1211.17:086:17
1311.27:086:17
1411.27:086:18
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1711.27:096:20
1811.27:096:20
1911.27:096:21
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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 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.46 kWh/m² to a high of 7.4 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kassala

In seasonPeak

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

Kassala sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kassala?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kassala in January

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

In January, Kassala sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kassala 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 Kassala peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 12UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kassala 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 Kassala is worst in March — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1629 µg/m³Oct 2116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kassala?

Kassala sits at 15.5°N, 36.4°E, 507 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Khashm al Qirbah, 75 km away.

HimoraAl-FashaqahBarentuAdebayeAbalaMay Cadera

Topography around Kassala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kassala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m around an average of 509 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 709 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 986 m.

The land around Kassala is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and bare terrain (31%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and bare terrain (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and bare terrain (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
223 m
16 km
709 m
80 km
986 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Khashm al Qirbah 75 km · New Halfa 87 km · Himora 129 km · Al-Fashaqah 130 km · Barentu 133 km · Adebaye 144 km · Abala 150 km · May Cadera 154 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 Kassala (15.451°, 36.4°, elevation 507 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).