Guinguinéo weather in January

In January, Guinguinéo sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-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 51% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Guinguinéo's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guinguinéo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
10th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
7:36 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover
42%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Guinguinéo is town in Kaolack, Senegal.

Density
1,695/km²
people per km²

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 Guinguinéo reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Guinguinéo

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.

Guinguinéo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 18°20.311.34.5
Feb35° / 20°10.111.53.3
Mar37° / 21°00.111.92.1
Apr38° / 21°0012.31.5
May37° / 22°00.112.71.7
Jun36° / 24°101.912.82.5
Jul34° / 25°8410.612.83.1
Aug32° / 25°20019.412.53.0
Sep32° / 25°14716.212.13.2
Oct34° / 24°375.611.73.1
Nov35° / 21°10.311.32.9
Dec33° / 19°20.311.24.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Guinguinéo gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
191621
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 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 7:32 AM to 7:36 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:326:42
211.27:326:43
311.27:336:43
411.27:336:44
511.27:336:44
611.27:346:45
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1011.27:356:47
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1511.27:366:50
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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 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Guinguinéo

In seasonPeak

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

Guinguinéo sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Guinguinéo?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Guinguinéo in January

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

In January, Guinguinéo sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Guinguinéo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Guinguinéo peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (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 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Guinguinéo 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 Guinguinéo is worst in February — around 96 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (August, 29 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1494 µg/m³Aug 1930 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan84Unhealthy
Feb96Unhealthy
Mar79Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May63Unhealthy
Jun69Unhealthy
Jul42Poor
Aug29Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec79Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Guinguinéo?

Guinguinéo sits at 14.3°N, 15.9°W, 23 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Kahone, 16 km away.

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Topography around Guinguinéo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guinguinéo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m.

The land around Guinguinéo is covered by cropland (73%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
42 m
80 km
64 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Kahone 16 km · Kaolack 19 km · Gossas Village 30 km · Gandiaye 35 km · Kaffrine 46 km · Fatick 50 km · Tiébo 51 km · Poukham Un 51 km

Senegal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,955
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
27%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
23.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 442
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Guinguinéo (14.2695°, -15.9451°, elevation 23 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).