Voinjama weather in January

In January, Voinjama sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2.8 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 32°C through the month. 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 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 Voinjama's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Voinjama's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
7:02 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
38%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Voinjama is human settlement 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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Voinjama reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°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 Voinjama

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 8 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
8
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.

Voinjama 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
Jan32° / 19°162.811.65.1
Feb33° / 20°345.611.74.1
Mar32° / 22°991511.93.6
Apr30° / 22°14821.712.23.4
May29° / 21°22827.112.43.2
Jun28° / 21°27627.912.53.4
Jul27° / 20°3242912.43.6
Aug26° / 20°34828.912.33.6
Sep27° / 21°36028.8123.4
Oct28° / 20°2742911.83.4
Nov29° / 20°11716.511.64.7
Dec30° / 19°173.711.55.8

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 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27525
37426
47426
57327
67327
77228
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Voinjama gets around 16 mm of rain over 2.8 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 9% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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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 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 26% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1331626222
2341626212
3351726212
4351726202
5351726192
6361726192
7361826192
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 6:57 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:576:28
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311.56:576:29
411.56:586:29
511.56:586:30
611.56:596:30
711.56:596:31
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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 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.55 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Voinjama

In seasonPeak

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

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

Voinjama 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 Voinjama?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Voinjama in January

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

In January, Voinjama sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Voinjama 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 Voinjama peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 17UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Voinjama 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 Voinjama is worst in March — around 201 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 24.2× the cleanest month (August, 8 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyVery unhealthyModerateGoodModerateMar 15188 µg/m³Aug 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan63Unhealthy
Feb119Unhealthy
Mar201Very unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May22Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug8Good
Sep9Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Voinjama?

Voinjama sits at 8.4°N, 9.7°W, 550 m above sea level, in Liberia. The nearest listed city is Macenta, 33 km away.

MacentaGueckedouFoya KamaraBeylaNzérékoré

Topography around Voinjama

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Voinjama has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m around an average of 548 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 392 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,131 m.

The land around Voinjama is covered by grassland (55%) and trees (39%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
224 m
16 km
392 m
80 km
1,131 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Macenta 33 km · Gueckedou 45 km · Foya Kamara 51 km · Yende Millimou 70 km · Kissidougou 93 km · Kérouané 124 km · Beyla 124 km · Nzérékoré 126 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 Voinjama (8.4219°, -9.7478°, elevation 550 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).