Elubo weather in January

In January, Elubo sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 83 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 27% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Elubo's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Elubo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:29 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
57%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Elubo is town in Western 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Elubo reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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

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.

Elubo 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
Jan31° / 23°8317.711.74.0
Feb31° / 24°9920.111.83.2
Mar31° / 24°15025.8122.8
Apr31° / 24°16326.612.12.7
May30° / 24°25129.512.22.7
Jun28° / 23°27928.312.33.2
Jul27° / 23°15024.612.34.1
Aug27° / 22°8722.712.24.3
Sep28° / 23°14926.5123.6
Oct29° / 23°18829.711.92.9
Nov30° / 23°16027.611.82.8
Dec30° / 23°10521.811.73.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15644
25545
35545
45446
55347
65347
75347
85248
95347
105248
115248
125149
135149
145050
154951
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224951
235050
244951
255050
265149
275149
285347
295347
305446
315446

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Elubo gets around 83 mm of rain over 17.7 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 57% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
154
253
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452
552
652
752
852
953
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3162

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 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11254645
21364644
31364644
41374643
51484543
61484542
71494442
814104342
914104342
1014114242
1114114243
1204114243
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170394345
180294346
190284346
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210274248
220264249
230254152
240254152
250244054
260243955
270233857
280233758
290233659
300233560
310233461

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
26calm
36calm
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56calm
66calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:236:05
211.76:246:06
311.76:246:06
411.76:256:07
511.76:256:07
611.76:256:08
711.76:266:08
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1011.76:276:09
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1311.76:286:11
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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 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 4.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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314.9Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Elubo

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Elubo?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Elubo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Elubo in January

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

In January, Elubo sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Elubo 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 43 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
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug24Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Elubo 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 Elubo peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 10UV 13Jul 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Elubo 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 Elubo is worst in January — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (September, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJan 1763 µg/m³Sep 1115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb55Poor
Mar35Poor
Apr33Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec52Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Elubo?

Elubo sits at 5.3°N, 2.8°W, 72 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Maféré, 33 km away.

AboissoAdiakéAhigbé KoffikroPresteaEsimTarkwaAboisso Comoé

Topography around Elubo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Elubo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 m.

The land around Elubo is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (98%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
200 m
80 km
512 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Maféré 33 km · Aboisso 53 km · Adiaké 60 km · Ahigbé Koffikro 69 km · Prestea 71 km · Esim 74 km · Tarkwa 86 km · Aboisso Comoé 86 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 Elubo (5.2851°, -2.7666°, elevation 72 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).