Dikodougou weather in January

In January, Dikodougou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Dikodougou's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dikodougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
1.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:47 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
30%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Dikodougou is commune in the North 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical January day in Dikodougou reaches about 33°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 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Dikodougou

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.

Dikodougou 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
Jan33° / 19°91.511.54.2
Feb35° / 21°183.211.73.0
Mar35° / 23°579.811.92.3
Apr34° / 24°8915.112.22.4
May33° / 24°10416.312.42.9
Jun31° / 23°11418.112.53.4
Jul30° / 22°17023.812.53.5
Aug29° / 22°21925.612.33.4
Sep30° / 22°18424.412.13.2
Oct32° / 22°10017.211.83.5
Nov33° / 21°265.811.63.9
Dec33° / 19°50.911.54.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28317
38317
48317
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68119
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Dikodougou gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 11% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17612651
27612651
37612651
47811551
57811551
67711561
77711561
87810561
97710571
107710571
11769681
12769681
13759691
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3163810181

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 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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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 6:42 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:426:11
211.56:426:11
311.56:436:12
411.56:436:12
511.56:436:13
611.56:446:13
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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 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Dikodougou

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Dikodougou?

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 Dikodougou for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dikodougou in January

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

In January, Dikodougou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dikodougou 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 Dikodougou peaks around March 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Dikodougou 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 Dikodougou is worst in February — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1458 µg/m³Aug 1611 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan45Poor
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr38Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Dikodougou?

Dikodougou sits at 9.1°N, 5.8°W, 409 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Tortiya, 35 km away.

KorhogoDianraTafiréNiakaramandougouFerkessédougouBoundialiM’Bengué

Topography around Dikodougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dikodougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 404 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 383 m.

The land around Dikodougou is covered by trees (54%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
205 m
80 km
383 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Tortiya 35 km · Korhogo 46 km · Dianra 55 km · Tafiré 67 km · Niakaramandougou 70 km · Ferkessédougou 86 km · Boundiali 93 km · M’Bengué 105 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 Dikodougou (9.0676°, -5.7722°, elevation 409 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).