Akonolinga weather in January

In January, Akonolinga sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Akonolinga's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akonolinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:26 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
64%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Akonolinga is commune of Cameroon.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Akonolinga reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Akonolinga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 8 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
8
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.

Akonolinga weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°23511.85.1
Feb32° / 21°377.211.94.2
Mar31° / 21°10317.4123.5
Apr30° / 21°14922.212.13.4
May29° / 21°14123.712.23.6
Jun28° / 21°12122.412.24.1
Jul27° / 20°11220.812.24.6
Aug28° / 20°11721.612.14.4
Sep28° / 20°16525.8123.8
Oct28° / 20°19527.411.93.7
Nov28° / 20°12219.411.84.3
Dec29° / 20°326.211.85.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25050
35050
44951
54753
64753
74654
84555
94456
104357
114258
124258
134159
143961
153961
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193763
203763
213565
223565
233565
243565
253763
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283664
293763
303763
313763

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Akonolinga gets around 23 mm of rain over 5 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 70% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
14618702
25618692
35618692
46618682
56618682
66618682
77619662
87619662
97619662
107619662
117620652
127620652
137520662
146521662
156521662
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185521672
194421692
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214421683
223521683
233520693
243520684
253520684
263520684
273520684
283519685
293619675
303619675
313619675

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:216:08
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311.86:216:09
411.86:226:09
511.86:226:10
611.86:236:10
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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 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Akonolinga

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Akonolinga?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Akonolinga in January

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

In January, Akonolinga sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Akonolinga in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akonolinga peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Akonolinga 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 Akonolinga is worst in February — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.6× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateModeratePoorFeb 1471 µg/m³Sep 1312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar44Poor
Apr30Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct17Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Akonolinga?

Akonolinga sits at 3.8°N, 12.3°E, 643 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Okoa, 76 km away.

OkoaYaoundéMbandjokNkotengMbalmayoObalaSangmélimaNanga Eboko

Topography around Akonolinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akonolinga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 655 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 671 m.

The land around Akonolinga is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
250 m
80 km
671 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswetland
January weather nearby: Okoa 76 km · Yaoundé 82 km · Mbandjok 85 km · Nkoteng 87 km · Mbalmayo 88 km · Obala 91 km · Sangmélima 97 km · Nanga Eboko 103 km

Cameroon travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,972
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
30.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 445
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%Muslim 31%Protestant 27%animist 1%

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 Akonolinga (3.7667°, 12.25°, elevation 643 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).