Xitole weather in January

In January, Xitole sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-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 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Xitole's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Xitole's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
7:27 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover
38%
4th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

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 Xitole reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 15°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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33420
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303521
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How January really feels in Xitole

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.

Xitole weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°0011.43.6
Feb36° / 21°00.111.62.3
Mar38° / 23°0011.91.3
Apr38° / 24°0012.31.1
May37° / 25°14312.51.7
Jun33° / 25°12216.212.72.8
Jul30° / 24°34228.312.62.7
Aug30° / 24°43129.412.42.7
Sep31° / 24°30627.312.12.6
Oct32° / 24°14821.711.72.9
Nov33° / 23°234.811.53.9
Dec34° / 20°20.311.34.0

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 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
36733
46733
56733
66733
76931
86931
96931
107030
117030
127030
137129
147228
157228
167228
177228
187327
197327
207426
217426
227426
237426
247426
257426
267327
277327
287327
297327
307327
317327

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Xitole gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
160181372
261181272
363181261
464171261
564171261
664171261
765171251
866171250
965171350
1065171350
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1564171450
1665171350
1765171350
1866171340
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2064181350
2164181350
2265171350
2365171350
2465171350
2565171350
2664171360
2764171360
2863171460
2964161460
3063161470
3163161470

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:23 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:236:42
211.37:236:43
311.37:236:43
411.37:246:44
511.37:246:44
611.37:256:45
711.37:256:45
811.37:256:46
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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 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
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85.5Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Xitole

In seasonPeak

None of Xitole's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Xitole's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Xitole sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in June.

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

Is January a good time to visit Xitole?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Xitole in January

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

In January, Xitole sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Xitole 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 Xitole peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Xitole 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 Xitole is worst in February — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1980 µg/m³Aug 2115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan56Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar74Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May53Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul21Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov41Poor
Dec52Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Xitole?

Xitole sits at 11.7°N, 14.8°W, 32 m above sea level, in Guinea-Bissau. The nearest listed city is Bafatá, 51 km away.

BafatáReino de AntulaSanta-LuziaSintra-NemaBissauReino de BandimBelemLuanda

Topography around Xitole

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Xitole has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m.

The land around Xitole is covered by trees (65%) within 3 km, trees (72%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
68 m
80 km
262 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandwaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Bafatá 51 km · Reino de Antula 85 km · Santa-Luzia 86 km · Sintra-Nema 86 km · Bissau 86 km · Reino de Bandim 86 km · Belem 87 km · Luanda 87 km

Guinea-Bissau travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,124
2025
Safe drinking water
24%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
32.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 46%folk religions 31%Christian 19%other or unaffiliated 4%

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 Xitole (11.7333°, -14.8167°, elevation 32 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).