Touba weather in January

In January, Touba sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3 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 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 Touba's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Touba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:53 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
35%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Touba 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 Touba reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Touba

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.

Touba 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° / 19°17311.64.4
Feb34° / 21°456.611.73.3
Mar33° / 22°10915.911.92.8
Apr32° / 22°14920.712.22.8
May31° / 22°16622.712.43.0
Jun30° / 22°16623.212.53.4
Jul28° / 21°19425.512.43.8
Aug28° / 21°22525.812.33.8
Sep29° / 21°24827.1123.1
Oct31° / 21°15223.511.83.3
Nov32° / 21°5610.811.64.1
Dec32° / 19°142.811.54.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

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

Any precipitation

Touba gets around 17 mm of rain over 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 10% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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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
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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 6:48 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.75 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Touba

In seasonPeak

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

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

Touba 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 Touba?

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

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

What to pack for Touba in January

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

In January, Touba sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Touba 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 Touba peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highMar 19UV 13Dec 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Touba 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 Touba is worst in January — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.3× the cleanest month (August, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModeratePoorJan 2489 µg/m³Aug 1810 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan89Unhealthy
Feb88Unhealthy
Mar50Poor
Apr40Poor
May22Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep11Good
Oct18Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Touba?

Touba sits at 8.3°N, 7.7°W, 470 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Borotou-Koro, 60 km away.

Borotou-KoroBiankoumaManAncien-ProziLolaBeylaMoussadouSéguéla

Topography around Touba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Touba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 482 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 566 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,010 m.

The land around Touba is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
98 m
16 km
566 m
80 km
1,010 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Borotou-Koro 60 km · Biankouma 61 km · Man 98 km · Ancien-Prozi 104 km · Lola 108 km · Beyla 115 km · Moussadou 116 km · Séguéla 117 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 Touba (8.2833°, -7.6833°, elevation 470 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).