Doukouya weather in January

In January, Doukouya sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 19 mm of rain across 4.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-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 47% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Doukouya's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Doukouya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
4.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:42 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
47%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Doukouya is village in Gôh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast.

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 Doukouya reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°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 about 2°C warmer than 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 Doukouya

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.

Doukouya weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°194.311.74.0
Feb34° / 23°458.711.82.9
Mar34° / 24°9017.4122.6
Apr33° / 24°10218.812.12.7
May32° / 23°1072112.32.9
Jun30° / 23°1122112.43.5
Jul29° / 22°7816.812.34.4
Aug29° / 22°9217.612.24.4
Sep30° / 23°14122.8123.5
Oct30° / 23°11122.111.93.5
Nov31° / 23°5012.811.74.2
Dec31° / 22°174.511.64.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27228
37228
47129
57030
67129
77129
86931
96931
106832
116832
126832
136634
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216634
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Doukouya gets around 19 mm of rain over 4.3 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 14% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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510
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2016
2117
2217
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3120

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 74% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1861430430
2861430420
3961430410
4961430400
51071430390
61071430390
71071429390
81071529390
91071528400
101071528400
111071527410
12971527420
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16771428440
17771428450
18761328450
19661329460
20661329460
21651230470
22651230470
23651131480
24541131480
25541031490
26541031490
27641031500
28641030500
2964930510
3063930520
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 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 6:36 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:366:14
211.66:376:15
311.66:376:15
411.66:386:16
511.66:386:16
611.66:386:17
711.66:396:17
811.66:396:18
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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 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Doukouya

In seasonPeak

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

Doukouya sees seasonal dust haze (February), heaviest in February.

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

Is January a good time to visit Doukouya?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Doukouya in January

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

In January, Doukouya sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Doukouya 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 Doukouya peaks around April 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 14UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Doukouya 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 Doukouya is worst in January — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.4× the cleanest month (September, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateJan 1875 µg/m³Sep 1014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan77Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar34Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Doukouya?

Doukouya sits at 6.4°N, 5.6°W, 201 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Diégonéfla, 15 km away.

BayotaSinfra

Topography around Doukouya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Doukouya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 607 m.

The land around Doukouya is covered by trees (62%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
186 m
80 km
607 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Diégonéfla 15 km · Oumé 16 km · Guépaouo 17 km · Konéfla 26 km · Moussadougou 34 km · Hiré 39 km · Bayota 44 km · Sinfra 45 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 Doukouya (6.4262°, -5.5592°, elevation 201 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).