Zuénoula weather in January

In January, Zuénoula sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Zuénoula's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zuénoula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
2.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:45 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
38%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Zuénoula is place in Sassandra-Marahoué, 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 33°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical January day in Zuénoula reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 13°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 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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23320
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How January really feels in Zuénoula

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.

Zuénoula 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° / 21°162.911.63.5
Feb35° / 23°386.411.82.5
Mar35° / 24°7913.811.92.4
Apr34° / 24°9816.312.22.6
May33° / 24°10216.812.32.9
Jun31° / 23°10617.812.43.5
Jul29° / 23°10418.912.44.0
Aug29° / 22°13821.112.23.9
Sep30° / 23°17824.8123.2
Oct31° / 23°10618.611.83.6
Nov32° / 23°439.611.74.1
Dec33° / 21°133.111.64.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37822
47822
57822
67624
77624
87624
97624
107525
117426
127426
137426
147327
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Zuénoula gets around 16 mm of rain over 2.9 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 14% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
14
24
35
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55
66
76
87
97
108
118
129
1310
1410
1511
1611
1712
1812
1912
2012
2112
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2412
2513
2613
2713
2813
2913
3014
3114

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 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1338163211
2348153211
3358153110
4368153110
5378153010
6378143010
7388143011
8388143011
9378142912
10378132912
11378132913
12368133013
13358133014
14358133015
15348133015
16338133016
17329133016
18329133017
19319133017
20309133018
21299143018
22299143018
23289143019
24279153019
25278153020
26268153020
27268153021
28258153022
29258152922
30258152923
31257152924

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
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
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227calm
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297calm
307calm
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 6:40 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:406:15
211.66:416:15
311.66:416:16
411.66:416:16
511.66:426:17
611.66:426:17
711.66:426:18
811.66:436:18
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1811.66:466:23
1911.66:466:23
2011.66:466:24
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2311.66:476:25
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2611.76:476:26
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2811.76:476:27
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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 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Zuénoula

In seasonPeak

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

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

Zuénoula sees seasonal dust haze (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 Zuénoula?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zuénoula in January

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

In January, Zuénoula sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Zuénoula 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 Zuénoula peaks around March 24 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 24UV 13Dec 17UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Zuénoula 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 Zuénoula is worst in February — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorFeb 871 µg/m³Aug 2314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb71Unhealthy
Mar34Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec55Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Zuénoula?

Zuénoula sits at 7.4°N, 6.1°W, 207 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Bédiala, 41 km away.

BédialaLuénouflaVavouaBaoutiflaBognonzraBononBonouflaBéoumi

Topography around Zuénoula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zuénoula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 206 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 455 m.

The land around Zuénoula is covered by grassland (29%), shrubs (24%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (51%), shrubs (27%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
455 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Bédiala 41 km · Luénoufla 45 km · Vavoua 47 km · Baoutifla 52 km · Bognonzra 55 km · Bonon 56 km · Bonoufla 57 km · Béoumi 58 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 Zuénoula (7.4303°, -6.0505°, elevation 207 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).