Dédougou weather in January

In January, Dédougou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dédougou's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dédougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
9th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:43 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
29%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Dédougou is city.

Density
10/km²
people per km²

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 32°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical January day in Dédougou reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Dédougou

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.

Dédougou weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 18°00.111.34.7
Feb36° / 21°00.111.62.8
Mar39° / 25°20.611.90.9
Apr40° / 28°133.612.30.3
May38° / 28°338.412.60.9
Jun35° / 26°5511.812.72.3
Jul32° / 24°14318.412.73.2
Aug30° / 23°2112212.43.4
Sep32° / 23°11816.112.13.6
Oct35° / 24°33711.72.7
Nov36° / 21°00.111.42.6
Dec34° / 19°0011.34.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Dédougou gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:395:55
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411.36:405:57
511.36:405:57
611.36:405:58
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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 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Dédougou

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dédougou sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in April.

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

Is January a good time to visit Dédougou?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Dédougou for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dédougou in January

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

In January, Dédougou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dédougou in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dédougou peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Dédougou 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 Dédougou is worst in March — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 964 µg/m³Aug 1513 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb64Unhealthy
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May32Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Dédougou?

Dédougou sits at 12.5°N, 3.5°W, 302 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Nouna, 53 km away.

NounaPaTomaSolenzoTouganBoromoHoundéRéo

Topography around Dédougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dédougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 297 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m.

The land around Dédougou is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (44%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%), shrubs (29%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
79 m
80 km
318 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
January weather nearby: Nouna 53 km · Pa 58 km · Toma 69 km · Solenzo 75 km · Tougan 80 km · Boromo 99 km · Houndé 107 km · Réo 109 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 Dédougou (12.4636°, -3.4607°, elevation 302 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).