Anloga weather in January

In January, Anloga sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 12 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Anloga's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anloga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
7th warmest
Overnight low
26°
6th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:15 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
42%
2nd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
out of 10

Anloga is town in Volta Region of Ghana.

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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Anloga reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Anloga

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Anloga weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 26°123.411.77.7
Feb28° / 27°153.911.87.3
Mar28° / 27°277.5126.2
Apr28° / 27°5111.412.15.5
May28° / 27°14722.112.34.4
Jun27° / 25°21423.512.34.4
Jul25° / 24°7511.312.36.4
Aug24° / 24°325.412.27.6
Sep25° / 24°5110.7126.6
Oct27° / 26°9315.611.95.9
Nov28° / 27°3910.611.76.5
Dec28° / 27°185.211.77.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
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67624
77525
87426
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117228
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Anloga gets around 12 mm of rain over 3.4 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 11% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the miserable band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1342271
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4452269
5452269
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9562366
10552367
11552367
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Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
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816light breeze
917light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 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 6:09 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:095:50
211.76:105:50
311.76:105:51
411.76:115:51
511.76:115:52
611.76:115:52
711.76:125:53
811.76:125:53
911.76:135:53
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1911.76:165:58
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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 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Anloga

In seasonPeak

In January, Anloga sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Anloga's monsoon runs May–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Anloga sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Monsoon
Dust
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Is January a good time to visit Anloga?

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

7.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Anloga in January

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

In January, Anloga sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Anloga in January

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in May at about 29°C and coldest in August near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug24Refreshing
Sep25Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Anloga 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 Anloga peaks around April 12 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 12UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Anloga 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 Anloga is worst in January — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (September, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateJan 1780 µg/m³Sep 1116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan83Unhealthy
Feb65Unhealthy
Mar33Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Anloga?

Anloga sits at 5.8°N, 0.9°E, 6 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Keta, 17 km away.

AflaoDzodzeLoméTséviéVogan

Topography around Anloga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Anloga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m.

The land around Anloga is covered by water (58%) within 3 km, water (72%) within 16 km, and water (46%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
10 m
80 km
172 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Keta 17 km · Akatsi 39 km · Aflao 49 km · Dzodze 50 km · Lomé 52 km · Tsévié 78 km · Aného 91 km · Vogan 92 km

Ghana travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,257
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
25.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Christian 71%Muslim 20%other 5%traditionalist 3%

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 Anloga (5.7947°, 0.8973°, elevation 6 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).