Tafiré weather in January

In January, Tafiré sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 65% 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 Tafiré's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tafiré's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:44 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
31%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Tafiré is commune of 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tafiré 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 31°C and 36°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 Tafiré

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.

Tafiré 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
Jan34° / 20°91.611.54.1
Feb35° / 22°193.911.72.9
Mar35° / 24°6710.811.92.4
Apr34° / 24°9916.112.22.6
May33° / 24°10717.712.42.9
Jun31° / 23°10717.312.53.5
Jul29° / 22°1622412.53.5
Aug29° / 22°20225.412.33.4
Sep30° / 22°1912512.13.1
Oct32° / 22°9917.411.83.5
Nov33° / 22°276.111.63.9
Dec33° / 20°50.911.54.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 20%.

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

Any precipitation

Tafiré gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.6 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 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
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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 12% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17710751
27710751
37710751
47710751
57710751
6789751
7789751
8779761
9788761
10788761
11778771
12758872
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14757882
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16747892
177378102
187378102
197278112
207079122
216989122
226889132
236889132
246789142
256789142
266689152
276689152
2864810162
2963810172
3063810172
3163710182

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

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
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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128calm
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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 6:39 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:396:08
211.56:406:09
311.56:406:09
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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 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tafiré

In seasonPeak

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

Tafiré's monsoon runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Tafiré 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 Tafiré?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tafiré in January

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tafiré 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 Tafiré peaks around March 17 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 17UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Tafiré 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 Tafiré is worst in February — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1260 µg/m³Aug 1613 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar38Poor
Apr38Poor
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec53Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Tafiré?

Tafiré sits at 9.1°N, 5.2°W, 408 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Niakaramandougou, 48 km away.

NiakaramandougouFerkessédougouKongTortiyaDikodougouKorhogoFronanOuangolodougou

Topography around Tafiré

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tafiré has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 393 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m.

The land around Tafiré is covered by trees (56%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and shrubs (35%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and shrubs (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
424 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Niakaramandougou 48 km · Ferkessédougou 58 km · Kong 62 km · Tortiya 66 km · Dikodougou 67 km · Korhogo 67 km · Fronan 95 km · Ouangolodougou 100 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 Tafiré (9.0688°, -5.164°, elevation 408 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).