New Halfa weather in January

In January, New Halfa sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 New Halfa's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see New Halfa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
12th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:11 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
18%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

New Halfa is town of the state of Kassala, Sudan.

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 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in New Halfa reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°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 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in New Halfa

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.

New Halfa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°00.111.24.4
Feb35° / 20°0011.53.1
Mar38° / 22°0011.91.2
Apr41° / 26°10.412.30.0
May42° / 28°82.712.70.0
Jun40° / 28°154.812.90.1
Jul37° / 26°7515.212.81.5
Aug35° / 25°941712.52.2
Sep37° / 26°338.212.11.4
Oct39° / 26°82.811.70.7
Nov37° / 24°10.211.31.9
Dec35° / 20°0011.13.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
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27919
28919
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30928
31928

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

New Halfa 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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
179201
279201
380191
481181
581181
682171
782171
883161
983161
1083161
1184151
1284151
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2687130
2787130
2887130
2988120
3088120
3189110

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
213light 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 7:08 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:086:14
211.17:086:14
311.17:086:15
411.17:096:16
511.17:096:16
611.17:096:17
711.17:106:17
811.17:106:18
911.17:106:18
1011.17:106:19
1111.17:116:20
1211.27:116:20
1311.27:116:21
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1711.27:126:23
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1911.27:126:24
2011.27:126:25
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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 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.48 kWh/m² to a high of 7.38 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for New Halfa

In seasonPeak

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

New Halfa sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit New Halfa?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for New Halfa in January

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

In January, New Halfa sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in New Halfa 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 New Halfa peaks around April 10 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 10UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in New Halfa 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 New Halfa is worst in March — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (October, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1536 µg/m³Oct 1717 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr33Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is New Halfa?

New Halfa sits at 15.3°N, 35.6°E, 452 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Khashm al Qirbah, 53 km away.

Al-FashaqahAl QadarifHimoraMay CaderaAdebayeAbala

Topography around New Halfa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around New Halfa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 452 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m.

The land around New Halfa is covered by cropland (56%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%), cropland (35%) and bare terrain (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
33 m
80 km
246 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Khashm al Qirbah 53 km · Kassala 87 km · Al-Fashaqah 108 km · Al Qadarif 146 km · Himora 157 km · May Cadera 174 km · Adebaye 177 km · Abala 194 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 New Halfa (15.3302°, 35.5985°, elevation 452 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).