Monthly Climate
Menu

The driest places in Africa in January

13 destinations share the top spot at 0 mm in January, listed by fewest wet days, starting with Kano. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Kano Nigeria 0 mm 29 °C 0 mm
2 Khartoum Sudan 0 mm 30 °C 0 mm
3 Niamey Niger 0 mm 32 °C 0 mm
4 Maiduguri Nigeria 0 mm 31 °C 0 mm
5 Bauchi Nigeria 0 mm 30 °C 0 mm
6 Gombe Nigeria 0 mm 32 °C 0 mm
7 Yola Nigeria 0 mm 34 °C 0 mm
8 Zinder Niger 0 mm 29 °C 0 mm
9 Maroua Cameroon 0 mm 32 °C 0 mm
10 Mubi Nigeria 0 mm 31 °C 0 mm
11 Chakwama Nigeria 0 mm 30 °C 0 mm
12 Moundou Chad 0 mm 33 °C 0 mm
13 Ad-Damazin Sudan 0 mm 33 °C 0 mm
14 Maradi Niger 0.00 mm 30 °C 0 mm
15 Ngaoundéré Cameroon 0.00 mm 31 °C 0 mm
16 Tahoua Niger 0.00 mm 30 °C 0 mm
17 N'Djamena Chad 0.01 mm 32 °C 0 mm
18 Jos Nigeria 0.01 mm 28 °C 0 mm
19 Katsina Nigeria 0.01 mm 29 °C 0 mm
20 El Daein Sudan 0.01 mm 32 °C 0 mm
21 Zaria Nigeria 0.02 mm 30 °C 0 mm
22 Nyala Sudan 0.03 mm 30 °C 0 mm
23 Singa Sudan 0.03 mm 34 °C 0 mm
24 Al-Junaynah Sudan 0.04 mm 30 °C 0 mm
25 Al Qadarif Sudan 0.04 mm 34 °C 0 mm
26 Sokoto Nigeria 0.04 mm 32 °C 0 mm
27 El Obeid Sudan 0.05 mm 29 °C 0 mm
28 El Fasher Sudan 0.1 mm 28 °C 0 mm
29 Wad Medani Sudan 0.1 mm 33 °C 0 mm
30 Kassala Sudan 0.1 mm 33 °C 0 mm
31 Kosti Sudan 0.1 mm 33 °C 0 mm
32 Kaduna Nigeria 0.2 mm 31 °C 0 mm
33 Winejok South Sudan 0.2 mm 36 °C 0 mm
34 Koudougou Burkina Faso 0.2 mm 33 °C 0 mm
35 Malakal South Sudan 0.2 mm 36 °C 0 mm
36 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 0.2 mm 33 °C 0 mm
37 Gusau Nigeria 0.3 mm 31 °C 0 mm
38 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 0.3 mm 33 °C 0 mm
39 Bida Nigeria 0.3 mm 35 °C 0 mm
40 Bobo-Dioulasso Burkina Faso 0.3 mm 33 °C 0 mm
41 Warder Ethiopia 0.4 mm 32 °C 0 mm
42 Kayes Mali 0.4 mm 34 °C 0 mm
43 Minna Nigeria 0.5 mm 35 °C 0 mm
44 Girga Egypt 0.6 mm 21 °C 1 mm
45 Assiut Egypt 0.6 mm 20 °C 1 mm
46 Mallawī Egypt 0.7 mm 20 °C 1 mm
47 Esna Egypt 0.7 mm 21 °C 1 mm
48 Ziguinchor Senegal 0.8 mm 33 °C 1 mm
49 Makurdi Nigeria 0.8 mm 35 °C 1 mm
50 Mopti Mali 0.9 mm 32 °C 1 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.