Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferkessédougou weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th 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 Ferkessédougou: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Korhogo (50 km away). In January its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Ferkessédougou, with 5.9 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Ferkessédougou ranks 1st of 30 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 30 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 30 cities is 32.1°C; Ferkessédougou is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.8 mm to 11 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
Ferkessédougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 34.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 41 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 102 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 100 | 16.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 205 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 176 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.612 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
- Korhogo in JanuaryIvory Coast · 50 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Banfora in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 126 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Sikasso in JanuaryMali · 199 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 202 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bouaké in JanuaryIvory Coast · 212 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Séguéla in JanuaryIvory Coast · 244 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Houndé in JanuaryBurkina Faso · 280 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Vavoua in JanuaryIvory Coast · 283 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 14 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 Ferkessédougou) is explained once on the Ferkessédougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.