Batié weather in January

In January, Batié sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Batié's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Batié's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:37 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
29%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Batié is place in Burkina Faso.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical January day in Batié reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Batié

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Batié weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°10.211.53.8
Feb36° / 23°61.211.72.3
Mar38° / 26°234.311.91.4
Apr36° / 26°6210.812.21.8
May34° / 25°8414.712.42.6
Jun32° / 24°821512.63.5
Jul30° / 23°14119.712.53.8
Aug29° / 23°19323.712.33.6
Sep30° / 23°15720.912.13.7
Oct32° / 23°681211.83.7
Nov35° / 22°92.311.53.1
Dec34° / 20°10.211.43.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
28614
38515
48515
58515
68515
78317
88317
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Batié gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
196211
296211
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1194222
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2092332
2192332
2291342
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2491342
2590352
2690352
2790352
2890352
2988462
3088462
3188462

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:325:58
211.46:325:58
311.46:335:59
411.46:335:59
511.46:336:00
611.46:346:00
711.46:346:01
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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236.0Intense
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266.0Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Batié

In seasonPeak

None of Batié's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Batié's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Batié sees seasonal dust haze (February–May), heaviest in April.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Batié?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Batié. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Batié in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Batié sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Batié in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Batié peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Batié in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Batié is worst in December — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 1787 µg/m³Aug 1512 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan54Poor
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar40Poor
Apr36Poor
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov51Poor
Dec91Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Batié?

Batié sits at 9.9°N, 2.9°W, 307 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Doropo, 48 km away.

WaGaouaBounaJirapaDiébougouDanoDamongo

Topography around Batié

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Batié.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Batié has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 292 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m.

The land around Batié is covered by cropland (56%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (46%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
236 m
80 km
353 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Doropo 48 km · Wa 50 km · Gaoua 58 km · Bouna 69 km · Jirapa 76 km · Diébougou 125 km · Dano 141 km · Damongo 150 km

Burkina Faso travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,148
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
31
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 64%Roman Catholic 20%Animiste 9%Protestant 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Batié (9.8833°, -2.9167°, elevation 307 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).