Douentza weather in January

In January, Douentza sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°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 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Douentza's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douentza's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:45 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Douentza reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	29	15
16	29	15
17	29	15
18	29	15
19	29	15
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

How January really feels in Douentza

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Douentza weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 15°	1	0.1	11.2	7.2
Feb	32° / 18°	0	0	11.5	5.2
Mar	36° / 22°	0	0.1	11.9	2.6
Apr	39° / 26°	2	1	12.3	0.5
May	40° / 28°	6	2.4	12.7	0.0
Jun	38° / 28°	21	7.7	12.9	0.9
Jul	35° / 26°	93	15.5	12.8	2.2
Aug	33° / 24°	131	17.2	12.5	3.1
Sep	34° / 25°	52	10.4	12.1	2.8
Oct	36° / 24°	10	2.5	11.7	2.2
Nov	34° / 20°	1	0.1	11.3	3.8
Dec	30° / 16°	0	0	11.1	6.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	75	76	76	77	78	78	79
Cloudier (%)	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	77	23
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Douentza gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:05 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:41	5:49
2	11.1	6:42	5:49
3	11.1	6:42	5:50
4	11.1	6:42	5:50
5	11.1	6:43	5:51
6	11.1	6:43	5:51
7	11.1	6:43	5:52
8	11.2	6:43	5:53
9	11.2	6:44	5:53
10	11.2	6:44	5:54
11	11.2	6:44	5:54
12	11.2	6:44	5:55
13	11.2	6:45	5:55
14	11.2	6:45	5:56
15	11.2	6:45	5:57
16	11.2	6:45	5:57
17	11.2	6:45	5:58
18	11.2	6:45	5:58
19	11.2	6:45	5:59
20	11.2	6:46	5:59
21	11.2	6:46	6:00
22	11.2	6:46	6:00
23	11.3	6:46	6:01
24	11.3	6:46	6:01
25	11.3	6:46	6:02
26	11.3	6:46	6:03
27	11.3	6:46	6:03
28	11.3	6:46	6:04
29	11.3	6:45	6:04
30	11.3	6:45	6:05
31	11.3	6:45	6:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.39 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Douentza

In seasonPeak

In January, Douentza sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Douentza sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Douentza?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Douentza for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Douentza in January

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

In January, Douentza sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Douentza 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 Douentza peaks around August 20 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	11	13	11	11	11	10	13	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Douentza 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 Douentza is worst in February — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	67	72	70	57	51	44	27	16	19	33	39	56
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	67	Unhealthy
Feb	72	Unhealthy
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	51	Poor
Jun	44	Poor
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	39	Poor
Dec	56	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Douentza?

Douentza sits at 15.0°N, 3.0°W, 307 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Bandiagara, 102 km away.

Topography around Douentza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douentza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m around an average of 298 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 795 m.

The land around Douentza is covered by grassland (40%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

161 m

grassland 40%

16 km

694 m

grassland 62%

80 km

795 m

grassland 70%

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← December Douentza year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Bandiagara 102 km · Koro 106 km · Bankass 120 km · Mopti 145 km · Diré 147 km · Titao 168 km · Ouahigouya 169 km · Goundam 174 km

Mali travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,193; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths: 22.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 408
Religion

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 Douentza (15.0061°, -2.9517°, elevation 307 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	29	15
16	29	15
17	29	15
18	29	15
19	29	15
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	77	23
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	29	15
16	29	15
17	29	15
18	29	15
19	29	15
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	77	23
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	28	15
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	29	15
16	29	15
17	29	15
18	29	15
19	29	15
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	30	16
27	30	16
28	30	16
29	30	16
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	77	23
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	100	0