Bondoukou weather in January

In January, Bondoukou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 Bondoukou's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bondoukou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:33 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
35%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Bondoukou is city of côte d'ivoire.

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 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bondoukou 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 1°C cooler than February.

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

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.

Bondoukou weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°132.211.64.4
Feb34° / 22°315.311.73.3
Mar34° / 24°9113.811.92.8
Apr32° / 24°11217.812.23.0
May31° / 23°11218.912.43.3
Jun30° / 23°10717.912.53.9
Jul28° / 22°11619.612.44.4
Aug28° / 22°1422112.34.4
Sep29° / 22°18525.3123.4
Oct30° / 22°13221.411.83.5
Nov32° / 22°498.811.64.2
Dec32° / 21°15311.54.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28416
38317
48317
58218
68218
78020
87921
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bondoukou gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.2 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 7% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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23
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54
64
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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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 27% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
157911185
257911185
358912174
458912174
558912174
657912175
757913165
857913165
956913166
1056913166
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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318calm

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 6:28 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:286:01
211.56:296:01
311.56:296:02
411.56:296:02
511.56:306:03
611.56:306:03
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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 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.83 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bondoukou

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Bondoukou?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bondoukou in January

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bondoukou 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 Bondoukou peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 12UV 14Dec 21UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bondoukou 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 Bondoukou is worst in December — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyDec 2181 µg/m³Aug 1814 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb64Unhealthy
Mar36Poor
Apr35Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec83Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bondoukou?

Bondoukou sits at 8.0°N, 2.8°W, 350 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Tanda, 48 km away.

TandaJapekromFlakièdougouBerekumNsoatreDomaa-AhenkroSunyani

Topography around Bondoukou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bondoukou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 362 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 470 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 646 m.

The land around Bondoukou is covered by trees (40%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
470 m
80 km
646 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Tanda 48 km · Japekrom 52 km · Flakièdougou 61 km · Berekum 69 km · Nsoatre 80 km · Wankyi 84 km · Domaa-Ahenkro 86 km · Sunyani 94 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,050
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
36%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
24.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 393

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 Bondoukou (8.0402°, -2.8°, elevation 350 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).