Pa weather in January

In January, Pa sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 Pa's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:45 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

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

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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 33°C by the end.

A typical January day in Pa reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°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	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19

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

How January really feels in Pa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 15 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.

Pa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 18°	0	0.2	11.3	5.1
Feb	35° / 21°	0	0.1	11.6	3.2
Mar	38° / 24°	1	0.4	11.9	1.2
Apr	39° / 27°	12	3	12.3	0.3
May	38° / 28°	23	6.9	12.6	0.9
Jun	36° / 26°	54	11.4	12.7	2.2
Jul	32° / 24°	136	18.6	12.7	3.1
Aug	31° / 23°	204	22.6	12.4	3.3
Sep	32° / 23°	114	15.2	12.1	3.6
Oct	35° / 24°	29	6.7	11.7	2.7
Nov	36° / 21°	1	0.2	11.4	2.8
Dec	33° / 18°	0	0	11.3	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 22%.

	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 (%)	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82
Cloudier (%)	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pa gets around 0 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 0% and peaks near 1% 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	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	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
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 99% 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	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
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	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
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.

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 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 6:41 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:12 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	11.3	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:41	5:57
2	11.3	6:41	5:57
3	11.3	6:42	5:58
4	11.3	6:42	5:59
5	11.3	6:42	5:59
6	11.3	6:43	6:00
7	11.3	6:43	6:00
8	11.3	6:43	6:01
9	11.3	6:44	6:01
10	11.3	6:44	6:02
11	11.3	6:44	6:02
12	11.3	6:44	6:03
13	11.3	6:45	6:03
14	11.3	6:45	6:04
15	11.3	6:45	6:04
16	11.3	6:45	6:05
17	11.3	6:45	6:05
18	11.3	6:46	6:06
19	11.3	6:46	6:07
20	11.4	6:46	6:07
21	11.4	6:46	6:08
22	11.4	6:46	6:08
23	11.4	6:46	6:09
24	11.4	6:46	6:09
25	11.4	6:46	6:10
26	11.4	6:46	6:10
27	11.4	6:46	6:10
28	11.4	6:46	6:11
29	11.4	6:46	6:11
30	11.4	6:46	6:12
31	11.4	6:46	6:12

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pa

In seasonPeak

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

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

Pa 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 Pa?

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

8.2

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Pa in January

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

In January, Pa sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Pa 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 Pa peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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)	9	11	14	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Pa 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 Pa 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	53	64	65	52	32	26	16	13	18	28	31	45
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	53	Poor
Feb	64	Unhealthy
Mar	65	Unhealthy
Apr	52	Poor
May	32	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Pa?

Pa sits at 12.7°N, 4.0°W, 276 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Nouna, 12 km away.

Topography around Pa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 269 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m.

The land around Pa is covered by cropland (78%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%), shrubs (30%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

8 m

cropland 78%

16 km

46 m

cropland 57%

80 km

268 m

cropland 42%

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

January weather nearby: Nouna 12 km · Solenzo 57 km · Dédougou 58 km · Bama 85 km · Yorosso 96 km · Tougan 106 km · Kouri 107 km · Toma 114 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 Pa (12.6667°, -3.95°, elevation 276 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	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	34	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

	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	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
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	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
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	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	34	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

	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	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
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	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
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	17
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	17
12	32	17
13	32	17
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	18
17	32	18
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	18
26	33	18
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	33	19
30	33	19
31	34	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	76	24
11	76	24
12	75	25
13	75	25
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	82	18
31	82	18

	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	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
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	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0