Climate averages 1991–2020
Bouaké weather
in January.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Bouaké: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yamoussoukro (101 km away). In January its highs average 33.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Bouaké, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Bouaké ranks joint 2nd of 30 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 30 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 30 cities is 32.1°C; Bouaké is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 46 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
Bouaké climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 34.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 120 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 125 | 18.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 136 | 20.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 176 | 24.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 217 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 138 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 52 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.712 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
- Yamoussoukro in JanuaryIvory Coast · 101 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Bouaflé in JanuaryIvory Coast · 111 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Dimbokro in JanuaryIvory Coast · 122 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Daoukro in JanuaryIvory Coast · 137 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Bonon in JanuaryIvory Coast · 141 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Sinfra in JanuaryIvory Coast · 154 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Vavoua in JanuaryIvory Coast · 163 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Daloa in JanuaryIvory Coast · 181 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 20 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 Bouaké) is explained once on the Bouaké year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.