Yako weather in January

In January, Yako sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 32°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 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Yako's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yako's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:39 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Yako is town 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 31°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical January day in Yako reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18

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

How January really feels in Yako

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 7 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.

Yako weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-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	31° / 17°	0	0	11.3	5.7
Feb	34° / 20°	0	0.1	11.6	3.9
Mar	37° / 23°	2	0.4	11.9	1.7
Apr	39° / 26°	7	2.1	12.3	0.7
May	38° / 27°	18	5.7	12.6	1.1
Jun	35° / 26°	43	9.6	12.7	2.5
Jul	32° / 24°	114	17.5	12.7	3.2
Aug	31° / 23°	189	20.7	12.4	3.5
Sep	32° / 24°	96	14.7	12.1	3.5
Oct	35° / 23°	23	5.2	11.7	2.9
Nov	35° / 20°	1	0.1	11.4	3.2
Dec	32° / 17°	0	0	11.3	5.0

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 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

	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 (%)	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	81	81	81	82	82	83	83
Cloudier (%)	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	83	17
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Yako 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

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
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16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:05 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)	11.2	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	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:35	5:50
2	11.3	6:35	5:50
3	11.3	6:35	5:51
4	11.3	6:36	5:51
5	11.3	6:36	5:52
6	11.3	6:36	5:52
7	11.3	6:37	5:53
8	11.3	6:37	5:53
9	11.3	6:37	5:54
10	11.3	6:38	5:55
11	11.3	6:38	5:55
12	11.3	6:38	5:56
13	11.3	6:38	5:56
14	11.3	6:39	5:57
15	11.3	6:39	5:57
16	11.3	6:39	5:58
17	11.3	6:39	5:58
18	11.3	6:39	5:59
19	11.3	6:39	5:59
20	11.3	6:39	6:00
21	11.3	6:40	6:00
22	11.4	6:40	6:01
23	11.4	6:40	6:01
24	11.4	6:40	6:02
25	11.4	6:40	6:02
26	11.4	6:40	6:03
27	11.4	6:40	6:03
28	11.4	6:40	6:04
29	11.4	6:40	6:04
30	11.4	6:40	6:05
31	11.4	6:40	6:05

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 5.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in April 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	5.7	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	5.7	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 Yako

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Yako?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Yako in January

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

In January, Yako sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Yako 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 Yako peaks around March 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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	11	11	11	12	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	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Yako 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 Yako is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 15 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)	63	75	76	58	34	27	18	15	21	33	42	55
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	63	Unhealthy
Feb	75	Unhealthy
Mar	76	Unhealthy
Apr	58	Unhealthy
May	34	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	55	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Yako?

Yako sits at 13.0°N, 2.3°W, 332 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Gourcy, 30 km away.

Topography around Yako

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yako has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 329 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m.

The land around Yako is covered by cropland (33%), grassland (21%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), shrubs (30%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%), cropland (31%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

39 m

cropland 33%

16 km

196 m

cropland 39%

80 km

288 m

grassland 41%

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

January weather nearby: Gourcy 30 km · Boussé 52 km · Kindi 63 km · Ouahigouya 71 km · Toma 73 km · Réo 75 km · Koudougou 79 km · Kouka 88 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 Yako (12.9591°, -2.2607°, elevation 332 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	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	16
4	31	16
5	31	16
6	31	16
7	31	16
8	31	16
9	31	16
10	31	16
11	31	16
12	31	16
13	31	16
14	31	16
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	32	17
22	32	17
23	32	17
24	32	17
25	32	17
26	32	17
27	32	18
28	32	18
29	32	18
30	33	18
31	33	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	82	18
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 (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	82	18
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 (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	82	18
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 (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100