Mankono weather in January

In January, Mankono sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 17 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 63% 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 Mankono's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mankono's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:47 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
34%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

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 Mankono reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°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)
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How January really feels in Mankono

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.

Mankono 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
Jan34° / 20°172.511.63.9
Feb35° / 22°376.111.72.8
Mar35° / 24°8513.111.92.5
Apr34° / 24°10616.412.22.7
May33° / 23°11717.412.43.0
Jun31° / 23°12318.312.53.5
Jul29° / 22°13621.412.43.8
Aug29° / 22°19623.512.33.6
Sep30° / 22°21925.6123.0
Oct31° / 22°13420.611.83.2
Nov32° / 22°529.411.63.9
Dec33° / 21°112.611.54.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mankono gets around 17 mm of rain over 2.5 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 9% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 42% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 35% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1441014266
2451014256
3451014246
4461014246
5461014236
6471014236
7471014236
846915237
946915237
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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 7 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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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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317calm

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 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:426:14
211.56:426:15
311.56:436:15
411.56:436:16
511.56:436:16
611.56:446:17
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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 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.73 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mankono

In seasonPeak

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

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

Mankono sees seasonal dust haze (February–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 Mankono?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mankono. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mankono in January

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

In January, Mankono sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mankono 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 Mankono peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 19UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mankono 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 Mankono is worst in February — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1164 µg/m³Aug 1813 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar35Poor
Apr36Poor
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mankono?

Mankono sits at 8.1°N, 6.2°W, 335 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Séguéla, 54 km away.

SéguélaVrouoZuénoulaBéoumiVavouaMignouréAncien-ProziTortiya

Topography around Mankono

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mankono has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 330 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 419 m.

The land around Mankono is covered by trees (57%) within 3 km, trees (44%), grassland (23%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
275 m
80 km
419 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Séguéla 54 km · Vrouo 57 km · Zuénoula 72 km · Béoumi 80 km · Vavoua 82 km · Mignouré 92 km · Ancien-Prozi 96 km · Tortiya 96 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 Mankono (8.0586°, -6.1897°, elevation 335 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).