Zag Weather in January
Zag in January
The short of it: Zag in January averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 10 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 7° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 10 h 33 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & November
Thirty years of records give Zag an average January high of 20°, a low of 7° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Zag's coldest stretch of the year, 20° by day and 7° by night. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 33 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and November.
Against its neighbours, Zag runs cooler than most and drier than most in January. Assa, 67 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
January in Zag, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AssaGuelmim-Oued Noun | 67 km NNW | 20° | 7° | 5.0 mm |
| TarhjichtGuelmim-Oued Noun | 116 km N | 18° | 6° | 10 mm |
| Fam El HisnSouss-Massa | 118 km NNE | 19° | 6° | 7.0 mm |
| TindoufTindouf | 119 km ESE | 21° | 7° | 2.0 mm |
| GuelmimGuelmim-Oued Noun | 131 km NW | 21° | 8° | 12 mm |
| Bou IzakarnGuelmim-Oued Noun | 135 km NNW | 18° | 6° | 14 mm |
| MesseïedGuelmim-Oued Noun | 149 km W | 21° | 9° | 8.0 mm |
| LakhsasGuelmim-Oued Noun | 156 km NNW | 17° | 5° | 19 mm |