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Sosian in January

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Sosian is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 6 minutes.January in Sosian is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 6 minutes.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
12h 06mon average

Is January a good time to visit Sosian?

Yes. January is one of Sosian's best months (September to October, or December to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in January, against 76°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in January, against 24°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in January, against 14% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in January, against 56% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

12h 06m in January, against 12h 06m to 12h 09m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December78°26°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January80°27°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February82°28°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Sosian sits, in January

Africa/Nairobi
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:39 AMsets 6:45 PM
Above the sea
1,759 mhigh country
Latitude
0.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nairobi192 km south

The land around Sosian, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Kenya in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Sosian

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sosian. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,759 m) against the climate model's (1,816 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,759 m) against the climate model's (1,816 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.