Gbarnga weather in January

In January, Gbarnga sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% 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 Gbarnga's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gbarnga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
5.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:58 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
49%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Gbarnga is city in Liberia.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Gbarnga reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°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 Gbarnga

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.

Gbarnga weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°235.511.64.9
Feb32° / 23°458.911.83.9
Mar31° / 23°9717.7123.4
Apr31° / 23°13321.312.13.2
May30° / 23°19025.812.33.1
Jun29° / 22°22026.812.43.4
Jul27° / 22°19025.612.43.9
Aug27° / 22°24626.312.23.8
Sep28° / 22°30928.1123.3
Oct29° / 22°17927.311.83.3
Nov29° / 22°7117.711.74.2
Dec30° / 22°266.411.65.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
36931
46832
56832
66733
76733
86634
96436
106436
116337
126337
136337
146238
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Gbarnga gets around 23 mm of rain over 5.5 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 18% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
113
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514
615
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2020
2120
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2621
2721
2821
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3022
3122

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 84% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
14593845
24593843
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 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
26calm
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136calm
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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 6:53 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:536:29
211.66:536:30
311.66:546:30
411.66:546:31
511.66:556:31
611.66:556:32
711.66:556:32
811.66:566:32
911.66:566:33
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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 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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34.9Bright
44.9Bright
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305.0Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Gbarnga

In seasonPeak

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

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

Gbarnga 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 Gbarnga?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gbarnga in January

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

In January, Gbarnga sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gbarnga 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 Gbarnga peaks around March 16 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 highMar 16UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Gbarnga 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 Gbarnga is worst in April — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.9× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateApr 1385 µg/m³Sep 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb55Poor
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr89Unhealthy
May36Poor
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct14Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Gbarnga?

Gbarnga sits at 7.0°N, 9.5°W, 253 m above sea level, in Liberia. The nearest listed city is Ganta, 60 km away.

GantaSaclepeaSanniquellieKakataNzérékoréNew YekepaHarbelLola

Topography around Gbarnga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gbarnga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 245 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 705 m.

The land around Gbarnga is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
346 m
80 km
705 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Ganta 60 km · Saclepea 70 km · Sanniquellie 93 km · Kakata 110 km · Nzérékoré 111 km · New Yekepa 122 km · Harbel 128 km · Lola 137 km

Liberia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$915
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
3.1
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
38.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Christian 85%Muslim 12%none 3%Traditional 1%

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 Gbarnga (6.9954°, -9.4712°, elevation 253 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).