Faranah weather in January

In January, Faranah sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Faranah's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Faranah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
7:08 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
33%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Faranah is settlement in Guinea.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical January day in Faranah reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Faranah

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.

Faranah weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°5111.54.5
Feb35° / 22°40.911.73.2
Mar36° / 24°163.211.92.4
Apr35° / 24°548.912.22.6
May32° / 23°14218.112.53.0
Jun30° / 22°21323.912.63.3
Jul28° / 22°24726.412.53.5
Aug28° / 22°28327.112.33.6
Sep29° / 21°28926.712.13.2
Oct30° / 21°22324.911.83.2
Nov31° / 21°466.711.54.7
Dec32° / 19°30.611.45.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Faranah gets around 5 mm of rain over 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 3% and peaks near 4% 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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:03 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:43 PM.

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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 4.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.49 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Faranah

In seasonPeak

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

Faranah's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Faranah?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Faranah in January

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

In January, Faranah sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Faranah 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 Faranah peaks around March 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Faranah 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 Faranah is worst in February — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.2× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 18107 µg/m³Aug 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan104Unhealthy
Feb107Unhealthy
Mar106Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May25Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep11Good
Oct19Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Faranah?

Faranah sits at 10.0°N, 10.7°W, 433 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Douako, 70 km away.

DouakoBankoDogometDabolaAlbadériaBissikrimaKabalaArfa Moussaïa

Topography around Faranah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Faranah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 440 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Faranah is covered by grassland (36%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and shrubs (34%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
695 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Douako 70 km · Banko 75 km · Dogomet 77 km · Dabola 88 km · Albadéria 89 km · Bissikrima 92 km · Kabala 102 km · Arfa Moussaïa 106 km

Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / K
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,877
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 85%Christian 13%none 1%animist 0%

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 Faranah (10.0404°, -10.7434°, elevation 433 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).