Koupéla weather in January

In January, Koupéla sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-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 69% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Koupéla's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Koupéla's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:30 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Koupéla is city in Burkina Faso.

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

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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 Koupéla reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	18
10	32	18
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	19
16	32	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	20
26	33	20
27	33	20
28	34	20
29	34	20
30	34	20
31	34	20

How January really feels in Koupéla

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 17 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Koupéla weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 19°	0	0	11.4	5.1
Feb	35° / 22°	1	0.2	11.6	3.1
Mar	38° / 25°	3	0.6	11.9	1.1
Apr	39° / 27°	11	2.8	12.3	0.6
May	37° / 27°	28	7.6	12.6	1.4
Jun	34° / 26°	46	9.5	12.7	2.8
Jul	32° / 24°	104	15.5	12.6	3.5
Aug	30° / 23°	190	21.1	12.4	3.5
Sep	32° / 24°	101	14.4	12.1	3.7
Oct	35° / 24°	30	6.7	11.7	3.0
Nov	36° / 21°	1	0.3	11.4	2.9
Dec	33° / 19°	0	0	11.3	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	85	85	84	84	83	82	82	82	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	83
Cloudier (%)	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Koupéla gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 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 6:26 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:59 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:26	5:43
2	11.3	6:26	5:44
3	11.3	6:26	5:44
4	11.3	6:27	5:45
5	11.3	6:27	5:46
6	11.3	6:27	5:46
7	11.3	6:28	5:47
8	11.3	6:28	5:47
9	11.3	6:28	5:48
10	11.3	6:29	5:48
11	11.3	6:29	5:49
12	11.3	6:29	5:49
13	11.3	6:29	5:50
14	11.3	6:30	5:50
15	11.4	6:30	5:51
16	11.4	6:30	5:51
17	11.4	6:30	5:52
18	11.4	6:30	5:52
19	11.4	6:30	5:53
20	11.4	6:31	5:53
21	11.4	6:31	5:54
22	11.4	6:31	5:54
23	11.4	6:31	5:55
24	11.4	6:31	5:55
25	11.4	6:31	5:56
26	11.4	6:31	5:56
27	11.4	6:31	5:57
28	11.4	6:31	5:57
29	11.4	6:31	5:58
30	11.5	6:31	5:58
31	11.5	6:31	5:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Koupéla

In seasonPeak

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

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

Koupéla sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Koupéla?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Koupéla in January

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

In January, Koupéla sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Koupéla in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Koupéla peaks around March 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	14	11	12	11	11	12	13	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Koupéla 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 Koupéla is worst in February — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	64	76	70	51	28	22	15	14	19	30	43	55
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	64	Unhealthy
Feb	76	Unhealthy
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	51	Poor
May	28	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	55	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Koupéla?

Koupéla sits at 12.2°N, 0.4°W, 306 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Pouytenga, 11 km away.

Topography around Koupéla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Koupéla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 298 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m.

The land around Koupéla is covered by cropland (41%), artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

37 m

cropland 41%

16 km

93 m

cropland 51%

80 km

200 m

grassland 43%

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← December Koupéla year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Pouytenga 11 km · Zorgo 30 km · Tenkodogo 44 km · Garango 47 km · Mogtédo 54 km · Boulsa 59 km · Béguédo 61 km · Fada N'gourma 78 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

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 Koupéla (12.1786°, -0.351°, elevation 306 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	18
10	32	18
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	19
16	32	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	20
26	33	20
27	33	20
28	34	20
29	34	20
30	34	20
31	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	18
10	32	18
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	19
16	32	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	20
26	33	20
27	33	20
28	34	20
29	34	20
30	34	20
31	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	18
6	32	18
7	32	18
8	32	18
9	32	18
10	32	18
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	19
16	32	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	19
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	20
26	33	20
27	33	20
28	34	20
29	34	20
30	34	20
31	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0