Kpandu weather in January

In January, Kpandu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Kpandu's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kpandu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:19 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
42%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Kpandu is town in Kpando Municipal District, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kpandu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°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)
13125
23125
33125
43125
53125
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73125
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How January really feels in Kpandu

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.

Kpandu 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
Jan32° / 25°122.811.65.1
Feb33° / 26°20511.84.1
Mar33° / 26°5210.7123.6
Apr32° / 26°731512.13.4
May31° / 25°12521.312.33.3
Jun29° / 25°17324.712.43.4
Jul28° / 24°17524.212.43.9
Aug28° / 24°18223.412.24.2
Sep29° / 24°21226.3123.4
Oct30° / 24°16425.911.83.3
Nov31° / 25°6014.111.74.2
Dec31° / 25°153.611.65.4

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 16% 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 (%)
18218
28020
38020
47822
57822
67723
77624
87525
97426
107327
117327
127129
137129
147030
156832
166832
176733
186634
196634
206535
216634
226634
236634
246733
256733
266832
276931
286931
297030
307129
317228

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kpandu gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.8 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 9% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
17
27
37
48
58
68
78
88
98
108
119
129
139
1410
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1610
1710
1810
1910
2010
2110
2210
2310
2410
2510
2610
2710
289
299
309
319

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 86% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10310175317
20410175316
30411175216
40511175116
50512175016
60512175016
70613174916
80613174816
90613174816
100613174817
110613174817
120513174817
130512174817
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150511174918
160511175018
170410165218
180410165218
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21048155518
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23047145619
24047145520
25047135620
26046135621
27046125622
28046125523
29136115425
30136115326
31136115128

Wind in January

Winds average 7 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
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
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217calm
227calm
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297calm
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 6:14 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:145:50
211.66:145:50
311.66:155:51
411.66:155:51
511.66:165:52
611.66:165:52
711.66:165:53
811.66:175:53
911.66:175:54
1011.66:175:54
1111.66:185:55
1211.66:185:55
1311.66:185:56
1411.66:195:56
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1611.66:195:57
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1811.66:205:58
1911.66:205:58
2011.66:205:59
2111.76:205:59
2211.76:206:00
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2711.76:216:02
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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 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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35.7Bright
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305.8Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kpandu

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kpandu 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 Kpandu?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kpandu in January

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

In January, Kpandu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kpandu 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 Kpandu peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 9UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kpandu 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 Kpandu is worst in January — around 145 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.5× the cleanest month (September, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 16139 µg/m³Sep 1019 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan145Unhealthy
Feb94Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr37Poor
May23Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov33Moderate
Dec103Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kpandu?

Kpandu sits at 7.0°N, 0.3°E, 153 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Hohoe, 26 km away.

HoBadouNotséBegoroAtakpaméAkatsi

Topography around Kpandu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kpandu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 360 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 960 m.

The land around Kpandu is covered by trees (44%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, trees (36%), water (32%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and shrubs (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
169 m
16 km
360 m
80 km
960 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Hohoe 26 km · Kpalimé 39 km · Ho 48 km · Badou 74 km · Notsé 97 km · Begoro 100 km · Atakpamé 110 km · Akatsi 111 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 Kpandu (6.9954°, 0.2931°, elevation 153 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).