Macenta weather in January

In January, Macenta sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 19 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Macenta's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Macenta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
7:01 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
38%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Macenta is human settlement.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Macenta reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13117
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How January really feels in Macenta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 6 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
6
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.

Macenta weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 18°19311.65.2
Feb32° / 20°436.311.74.2
Mar31° / 21°12616.211.93.7
Apr30° / 21°19123.112.23.4
May29° / 21°28227.912.43.2
Jun28° / 21°31828.212.53.4
Jul26° / 20°34629.112.43.6
Aug26° / 20°37129.112.33.6
Sep27° / 20°40228.912.13.4
Oct28° / 20°34029.311.83.4
Nov29° / 20°14817.911.64.5
Dec30° / 18°23411.55.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27525
37525
47426
57426
67426
77327
87327
97327
107228
117129
127129
137129
147129
157129
167228
177228
187228
197327
207327
217426
227426
237426
247525
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277624
287624
297624
307624
317525

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Macenta gets around 19 mm of rain over 3 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 10% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
16
26
36
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56
67
77
87
98
108
119
129
1310
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1711
1811
1912
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2112
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2613
2713
2813
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3013
3114

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 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1411525181
2421625171
3421625161
4431625161
5431724161
6431724151
7421724161
8421724161
9411824161
10411823171
11401823181
12401823191
13391822201
14391821211
15381821221
16381820221
17371820231
18371819242
19371819242
20371819242
21371719252
22361719252
23361720253
24361720243
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26361620244
27361620234
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31371520225

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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126calm
136calm
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175calm
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236calm
246calm
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306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:566:26
211.56:566:27
311.56:576:27
411.56:576:28
511.56:576:28
611.56:586:29
711.56:586:29
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911.56:596:30
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1211.57:006:32
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1411.57:006:33
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1611.67:016:34
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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 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.5Bright
55.5Bright
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245.7Bright
255.7Bright
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275.7Bright
285.7Bright
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305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Macenta

In seasonPeak

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

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

Macenta sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

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

Is January a good time to visit Macenta?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Macenta in January

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

In January, Macenta sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Macenta 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 Macenta peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 17UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Macenta 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 Macenta is worst in March — around 201 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 24.2× the cleanest month (August, 8 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyModerateGoodModerateMar 15188 µg/m³Aug 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan63Unhealthy
Feb119Unhealthy
Mar201Very unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May22Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug8Good
Sep9Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Macenta?

Macenta sits at 8.5°N, 9.5°W, 546 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Voinjama, 33 km away.

GueckedouFoya KamaraYende MillimouBeylaKérouanéMoussadouKissidougou

Topography around Macenta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Macenta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m around an average of 568 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,259 m.

The land around Macenta is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, trees (71%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
246 m
16 km
492 m
80 km
1,259 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Voinjama 33 km · Gueckedou 73 km · Foya Kamara 83 km · Yende Millimou 86 km · Beyla 92 km · Kérouané 95 km · Moussadou 97 km · Kissidougou 99 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 Macenta (8.5435°, -9.471°, elevation 546 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).