Kolenté weather in January

In January, Kolenté sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 61% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kolenté's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kolenté's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
7:15 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
34%
2nd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10
← DecemberKolenté year-round climateFebruary →Best places to visit in January
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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 Kolenté reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Kolenté

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 ≤ 0°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.

Kolenté weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°30.711.54.2
Feb35° / 20°20.611.73.1
Mar36° / 22°102.411.92.4
Apr36° / 23°396.512.22.4
May33° / 23°18019.812.52.7
Jun30° / 22°34127.912.62.9
Jul28° / 22°48029.812.53.2
Aug27° / 22°53830.512.33.3
Sep29° / 22°4562912.13.0
Oct30° / 22°26527.711.82.9
Nov32° / 21°619.911.54.2
Dec33° / 19°4111.44.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 25%. 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

Kolenté gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 3% 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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
150241971
250241871
352241770
453241670
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.47:116:35
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411.47:126:37
511.47:126:37
611.47:126:38
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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 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kolenté

In seasonPeak

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

Kolenté's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Kolenté?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kolenté in January

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

In January, Kolenté sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kolenté 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 Kolenté peaks around March 15 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 15UV 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kolenté 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 Kolenté is worst in April — around 223 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 14.2× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModeratePoorUnhealthyApr 16204 µg/m³Aug 1416 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr223Very unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun29Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov46Poor
Dec69Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kolenté?

Kolenté sits at 10.3°N, 12.4°W, 457 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Mamou, 39 km away.

KindiaPitaTéliméléLabéForécariahCoyahManéah

Topography around Kolenté

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kolenté has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 438 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 980 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,379 m.

The land around Kolenté is covered by grassland (53%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, trees (48%), grassland (30%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
980 m
80 km
1,379 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
← DecemberKolenté year-round climateFebruary →Best places to visit in January
January weather nearby: Mamou 39 km · Kindia 53 km · Pita 86 km · Télimélé 94 km · Labé 116 km · Forécariah 119 km · Coyah 122 km · Manéah 124 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 Kolenté (10.2858°, -12.437°, elevation 457 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).