Vogan weather in January

In January, Vogan sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 24 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in January, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Vogan's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vogan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
6th coldest
Rainfall
24 mm
7.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:13 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
46%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Vogan is town in Maritime Region, Togo.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Vogan reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Vogan

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.

Vogan weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°247.711.75.3
Feb31° / 26°349.311.84.5
Mar31° / 27°5615.6123.9
Apr31° / 26°7917.612.13.7
May30° / 26°15324.612.33.2
Jun28° / 25°17924.612.43.7
Jul27° / 24°9316.612.35.2
Aug27° / 24°5811.912.25.9
Sep28° / 24°10518.9124.8
Oct29° / 25°12622.211.94.0
Nov30° / 26°6818.911.74.0
Dec30° / 26°3511.611.64.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27723
37723
47525
57525
67327
77327
87129
97030
107030
116832
126733
136733
146634
156535
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Vogan gets around 24 mm of rain over 7.7 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 25% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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225
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525
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2125
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3126

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the miserable band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13563155
23563155
33563155
44673053
54672954
64682953
75682853
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95682853
105692753
115692753
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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
110calm
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510calm
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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 6:08 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:085:46
211.66:085:47
311.66:095:47
411.66:095:48
511.66:095:48
611.66:105:49
711.66:105:49
811.66:115:50
911.76:115:50
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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 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.55 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 Vogan

In seasonPeak

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

Vogan sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is January a good time to visit Vogan?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Vogan in January

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

In January, Vogan sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Vogan in January

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in May at about 29°C and coldest in August near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug24Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Vogan 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 Vogan peaks around April 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highExtremeExtremeVery highApr 11UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Vogan 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 Vogan is worst in January — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (September, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateJan 1680 µg/m³Sep 1716 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb65Unhealthy
Mar33Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec65Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Vogan?

Vogan sits at 6.3°N, 1.5°E, 37 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Aného, 13 km away.

AthiéméTséviéComéLokossaLomé

Topography around Vogan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vogan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m.

The land around Vogan is covered by grassland (44%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) within 16 km, and water (30%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
88 m
80 km
241 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Aného 13 km · Tabligbo 28 km · Athiémé 31 km · Tsévié 37 km · 38 km · Comé 39 km · Lokossa 40 km · Lomé 41 km

Togo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,384
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
21%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
28.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 397
Religion
Christian 42%folk religion 37%Muslim 14%none 6%

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 Vogan (6.3333°, 1.5333°, elevation 37 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).