Climate averages 1991–2020

Pala weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.0°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Pala: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelo (99 km away). In January its highs average 33.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pala, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Pala ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 33.4°C; Pala is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pala climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Pala, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	32.8°C18.0°C	18.0°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
February	35.8°C20.3°C	20.3°C	0	0.0	11.812 h
March	38.7°C23.8°C	23.8°C	1.2	0.5	12.112 h
April	38.5°C26.1°C	26.1°C	20	5.2	12.312 h
May	35.3°C25.4°C	25.4°C	73	13.3	12.513 h
June	32.0°C23.8°C	23.8°C	103	16.9	12.713 h
July	29.3°C22.4°C	22.4°C	164	22.8	12.613 h
August	28.1°C21.7°C	21.7°C	222	25.3	12.412 h
September	29.1°C21.9°C	21.9°C	167	22.8	12.212 h
October	31.1°C22.2°C	22.2°C	62	11.7	11.912 h
November	33.6°C20.6°C	20.6°C	1.0	0.4	11.712 h
December	32.6°C18.4°C	18.4°C	0	0.0	11.612 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

January in nearby cities

Distance from Pala

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pala) is explained once on the Pala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.