Climate averages 1991–2020
Praia weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Praia: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (653 km away). In January its highs average 26.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Praia, with 2.2 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Praia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.2 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| February | 25.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| March | 25.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 27.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.2 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 72 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 32 | 3.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 26.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 4.3 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Dakar in JanuarySenegal · 653 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Rufisque in JanuarySenegal · 671 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JanuarySenegal · 704 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Mbour in JanuarySenegal · 707 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Thiès in JanuarySenegal · 708 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Tivaouane in JanuarySenegal · 720 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Serekunda in JanuaryGambia · 755 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in JanuarySenegal · 762 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Praia) is explained once on the Praia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.