Bimbila weather in January

In January, Bimbila sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bimbila's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bimbila's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:23 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
34%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Bimbila is district capital of the Nanumba North in the Northern 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 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bimbila reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Bimbila

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
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.

Bimbila weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°61.111.54.0
Feb35° / 24°182.911.72.8
Mar35° / 25°529.411.92.3
Apr34° / 25°8413.112.22.6
May33° / 25°10716.812.43.0
Jun31° / 24°13020.512.53.4
Jul29° / 23°21926.112.53.3
Aug29° / 23°2852812.33.2
Sep30° / 23°27327.912.12.9
Oct31° / 23°17524.211.82.9
Nov33° / 23°336.511.63.8
Dec34° / 21°61.211.54.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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28515
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bimbila gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.1 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 25% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
16689125
26789115
36789115
46789115
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106589117
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 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 6:18 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:185:48
211.56:195:48
311.56:195:49
411.56:195:49
511.56:205:50
611.56:205:50
711.56:205:51
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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 5.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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246.0Bright
256.0Bright
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276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bimbila

In seasonPeak

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

Bimbila's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Bimbila?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bimbila in January

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

In January, Bimbila sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bimbila in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bimbila peaks around April 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 16UV 13Dec 20UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Bimbila 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 Bimbila is worst in January — around 139 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.0× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 15135 µg/m³Aug 1315 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan139Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar45Poor
Apr37Poor
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov48Poor
Dec108Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bimbila?

Bimbila sits at 8.9°N, 0.1°E, 212 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Yendi, 66 km away.

YendiSalagaDambaiBassarYegyiSotoubouaTamaleSokodé

Topography around Bimbila

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bimbila has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 198 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 767 m.

The land around Bimbila is covered by cropland (52%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), shrubs (32%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
162 m
80 km
767 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Yendi 66 km · Salaga 72 km · Dambai 89 km · Bassar 91 km · Yegyi 105 km · Sotouboua 107 km · Tamale 116 km · Sokodé 119 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 Bimbila (8.8549°, 0.0592°, elevation 212 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).