Kintinian weather in January

In January, Kintinian sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 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 Kintinian's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kintinian's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
8th warmest
Overnight low
18°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
7:05 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
32%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Kintinian is human 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 Kintinian reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Kintinian

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.

Kintinian weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 18°10.211.44.8
Feb35° / 21°10.211.63.2
Mar37° / 24°40.811.91.6
Apr38° / 26°143.112.31.0
May37° / 25°481012.51.7
Jun33° / 23°15220.812.72.7
Jul30° / 22°2522512.63.1
Aug29° / 22°28426.712.43.2
Sep30° / 22°21723.412.13.2
Oct32° / 22°8814.411.73.5
Nov34° / 19°6111.53.9
Dec33° / 18°00.111.34.6

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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kintinian gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198110
298110
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1095311
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

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
19calm
29calm
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68calm
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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 7:01 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:016:21
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311.37:026:22
411.37:026:22
511.37:026:23
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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 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kintinian

In seasonPeak

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

Kintinian's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kintinian 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 Kintinian?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kintinian in January

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

In January, Kintinian sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kintinian 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 Kintinian peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 16UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kintinian 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 Kintinian is worst in December — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateModeratePoorDec 1958 µg/m³Aug 1711 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr50Poor
May26Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep15Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov40Poor
Dec59Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kintinian?

Kintinian sits at 11.6°N, 9.4°W, 416 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Siguiri, 31 km away.

KangabaKouroussaMandianaKankanYanfolilaSibiDinguiraye

Topography around Kintinian

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kintinian has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 409 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 453 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 579 m.

The land around Kintinian is covered by shrubs (29%), grassland (23%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, grassland (36%) and shrubs (34%) within 16 km, and trees (32%), shrubs (31%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
453 m
80 km
579 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Siguiri 31 km · Kangaba 112 km · Kouroussa 119 km · Mandiana 132 km · Kankan 135 km · Yanfolila 142 km · Sibi 143 km · Dinguiraye 149 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 Kintinian (11.6°, -9.3833°, elevation 416 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).