Mokolo weather in January

In January, Mokolo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mokolo's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mokolo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:31 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Mokolo is commune in Mayo Tsanaga Cameroon.

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 28°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical January day in Mokolo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16

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

How January really feels in Mokolo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mokolo 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	29° / 15°	0	0	11.4	7.1
Feb	32° / 17°	0	0	11.6	5.3
Mar	35° / 21°	1	0.3	11.9	3.1
Apr	36° / 24°	20	5.2	12.2	2.2
May	34° / 24°	88	15	12.5	2.8
Jun	30° / 22°	146	21.8	12.6	3.5
Jul	28° / 21°	225	26.8	12.6	3.7
Aug	27° / 20°	292	28.3	12.4	3.7
Sep	29° / 21°	210	25.7	12.1	3.6
Oct	31° / 21°	73	11.7	11.8	4.5
Nov	31° / 18°	1	0.2	11.5	5.5
Dec	29° / 15°	0	0	11.4	7.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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 (%)	76	76	75	75	75	74	73	72	72	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	72	72	73	73
Cloudier (%)	24	24	25	25	25	26	27	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mokolo 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 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	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 24 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:04 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)	11.4	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	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	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	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:27	5:49
2	11.4	6:27	5:50
3	11.4	6:27	5:50
4	11.4	6:28	5:51
5	11.4	6:28	5:51
6	11.4	6:28	5:52
7	11.4	6:29	5:53
8	11.4	6:29	5:53
9	11.4	6:29	5:54
10	11.4	6:30	5:54
11	11.4	6:30	5:55
12	11.4	6:30	5:55
13	11.4	6:30	5:56
14	11.4	6:31	5:56
15	11.4	6:31	5:57
16	11.4	6:31	5:57
17	11.4	6:31	5:58
18	11.4	6:31	5:58
19	11.4	6:32	5:59
20	11.5	6:32	5:59
21	11.5	6:32	6:00
22	11.5	6:32	6:00
23	11.5	6:32	6:00
24	11.5	6:32	6:01
25	11.5	6:32	6:01
26	11.5	6:32	6:02
27	11.5	6:32	6:02
28	11.5	6:32	6:03
29	11.5	6:32	6:03
30	11.5	6:32	6:04
31	11.5	6:32	6:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 6.19 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mokolo

In seasonPeak

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

Mokolo's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Mokolo?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Mokolo for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mokolo in January

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

In January, Mokolo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mokolo 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 Mokolo peaks around March 16 at about 13 (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	11	14	11	10	11	12	13	12	11	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Mokolo 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 Mokolo is worst in March — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 22 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)	85	92	93	67	38	30	22	24	31	52	69	79
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	85	Unhealthy
Feb	92	Unhealthy
Mar	93	Unhealthy
Apr	67	Unhealthy
May	38	Poor
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	69	Unhealthy
Dec	79	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Mokolo?

Mokolo sits at 10.7°N, 13.8°E, 813 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Gwoza, 40 km away.

Topography around Mokolo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mokolo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 m around an average of 834 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 955 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,144 m.

The land around Mokolo is covered by grassland (42%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

390 m

grassland 42%

16 km

955 m

grassland 58%

80 km

1,144 m

grassland 51%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

January weather nearby: Gwoza 40 km · Mora 50 km · Maroua 59 km · Mubi 79 km · Bama 87 km · Bogo 88 km · Guider 91 km · Kaélé 100 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

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 Mokolo (10.7424°, 13.8023°, elevation 813 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	28	14
2	28	14
3	28	14
4	28	14
5	28	14
6	28	14
7	28	14
8	28	14
9	28	14
10	28	14
11	28	14
12	29	14
13	29	14
14	29	14
15	29	14
16	29	14
17	29	14
18	29	14
19	29	15
20	29	15
21	30	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	74	26
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

	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