Kidal Weather in January
Kidal in January
The short of it: Kidal in January averages a high of 28 °C (83 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 11 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 13° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 11 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & December
January in Kidal brings afternoons near 28° and nights around 13°, with about 1.0 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Kidal: highs scarcely reach 28°, nights fall to 13°. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 8 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Kidal runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Aguelhok, 127 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
January in Kidal, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AguelhokKidal | 127 km NNW | 28° | 13° | 1.0 mm |
| TimiaouineOther | 226 km N | 25° | 10° | 1.0 mm |
| BouremGao | 249 km SW | 29° | 17° | 0.0 mm |
| GaoGao | 287 km SSW | 30° | 17° | 0.0 mm |
| MénakaMénaka | 300 km SSE | 32° | 16° | 0.0 mm |
| AnsongoGao | 324 km SSW | 31° | 17° | 0.0 mm |
| InékarMénaka | 332 km SE | 31° | 16° | 0.0 mm |
| AndéranboukanMénaka | 376 km SSE | 32° | 17° | 0.0 mm |