Ejura weather in January

In January, Ejura sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ejura's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ejura's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:26 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
38%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Ejura is town in Ashanti Region, 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 35°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ejura reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Ejura

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.

Ejura weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 22°112.111.63.3
Feb36° / 24°244.611.82.3
Mar36° / 25°7514.111.92.0
Apr34° / 25°10317.512.22.2
May33° / 24°10518.612.32.6
Jun32° / 24°10819.112.43.1
Jul30° / 23°10518.612.43.7
Aug30° / 23°11718.512.23.8
Sep31° / 23°17423.6123.0
Oct32° / 23°1112011.82.9
Nov34° / 23°327.311.73.2
Dec34° / 22°112.311.63.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 26%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28317
38119
48119
58020
67822
77822
87723
97723
107525
117525
127426
137327
147228
157228
167228
177129
187129
197129
207030
217030
227030
237030
247030
257129
267129
277129
287228
297228
307228
317426

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ejura gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 9% 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 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 44% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13810132711
23910132711
34010132710
44010132611
54110132611
6419132611
7419132611
8419132612
9409132612
10399132613
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28288122923
29278112924
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31278112926

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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187calm
197calm
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307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:215:56
211.66:225:56
311.66:225:57
411.66:225:57
511.66:235:58
611.66:235:58
711.66:245:59
811.66:245:59
911.66:246:00
1011.66:256:00
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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 5.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.11 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.79 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 Ejura

In seasonPeak

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

Ejura's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Ejura?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ejura. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ejura in January

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

In January, Ejura sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ejura in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ejura peaks around September 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 9 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 highSep 17UV 13Jan 9UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ejura 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 Ejura is worst in January — around 178 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 9.4× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 17170 µg/m³Aug 1219 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan178Very unhealthy
Feb114Unhealthy
Mar45Poor
Apr39Poor
May24Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec109Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ejura?

Ejura sits at 7.4°N, 1.4°W, 224 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Mampong, 36 km away.

NkoranzaAtebubuEffiduaseTechimanAgogoAhwiaaTafo

Topography around Ejura

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ejura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 229 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 712 m.

The land around Ejura is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), shrubs (30%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
210 m
80 km
712 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Mampong 36 km · Nkoranza 44 km · Atebubu 58 km · Effiduase 60 km · Techiman 68 km · Agogo 72 km · Ahwiaa 74 km · Tafo 78 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 Ejura (7.3856°, -1.3562°, elevation 224 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).