Kintampo weather in January

In January, Kintampo sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 12 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 34°C through the month. 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 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 Kintampo's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kintampo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:29 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
35%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Kintampo is human settlement in 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 Kintampo reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 13°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Kintampo

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.

Kintampo 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
Jan34° / 21°122.111.63.9
Feb35° / 23°344.811.72.7
Mar35° / 24°9214.211.92.3
Apr34° / 24°13919.712.22.4
May32° / 24°15121.812.42.7
Jun31° / 23°14321.312.53.3
Jul29° / 23°14722.312.43.7
Aug29° / 22°17522.412.33.7
Sep30° / 22°23526.8123.0
Oct32° / 23°15422.111.83.0
Nov33° / 22°386.911.63.6
Dec33° / 21°112.411.54.1

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 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28317
38218
48119
58020
67921
77921
87822
97723
107624
117525
127426
137327
147228
157228
167228
177129
187129
197129
207129
217129
227129
237129
247228
257228
267228
277426
287426
297426
307426
317525

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kintampo gets around 12 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 8% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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23
34
44
54
65
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308
318

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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 24% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1581013163
2591013153
3591013153
4591013153
5591013153
660913144
7591013144
8581013145
9581013145
10581012146
11581012146
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13561013147
14551013148
15541013158
16541013158
17531013168
18531013168
19521013178
20521013178
21501013189
22491013199
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24481013209
254710132010
264610132110
274610132110
28459132211
29459132211
30449132212
31448122213

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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188calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 6:24 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:245:56
211.56:245:57
311.56:255:57
411.56:255:58
511.56:255:58
611.56:265:59
711.66:265:59
811.66:276:00
911.66:276:00
1011.66:276:01
1111.66:286:01
1211.66:286:02
1311.66:286:02
1411.66:286:03
1511.66:296:03
1611.66:296:04
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1911.66:306:05
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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 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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255.9Bright
265.9Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Bright
316.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kintampo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kintampo 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 Kintampo?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kintampo in January

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kintampo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kintampo peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 highApr 12UV 13Jan 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kintampo 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 Kintampo is worst in December — around 157 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 9.9× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 22152 µg/m³Aug 1516 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan136Unhealthy
Feb82Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr37Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov46Poor
Dec157Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kintampo?

Kintampo sits at 8.1°N, 1.7°W, 343 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Nkoranza, 54 km away.

NkoranzaWankyiTechimanEjuraAtebubuSunyaniDuayaw-NkwantaNsoatre

Topography around Kintampo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kintampo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m around an average of 310 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 499 m.

The land around Kintampo is covered by artificial surfaces (28%), trees (25%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (38%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and shrubs (41%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
200 m
16 km
339 m
80 km
499 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Nkoranza 54 km · Wankyi 54 km · Techiman 57 km · Ejura 85 km · Atebubu 89 km · Sunyani 103 km · Duayaw-Nkwanta 106 km · Nsoatre 109 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 Kintampo (8.0563°, -1.7306°, elevation 343 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).