Climate averages 1991–2020
Grand-Bassam weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Grand-Bassam: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bingerville (23 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, 1.5°C warmer than Grand-Bassam, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Grand-Bassam ranks 30th of 30 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 30 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 30 cities is 32.1°C; Grand-Bassam is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 55 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
Grand-Bassam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 47 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 55 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 78 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 103 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 206 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 26.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 25.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 64 | 14.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 25.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 88 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 107 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 93 | 24.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 63 | 18.9 | 11.812 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
- Bingerville in JanuaryIvory Coast · 23 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Koumassi in JanuaryIvory Coast · 27 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Abidjan in JanuaryIvory Coast · 33 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Anyama in JanuaryIvory Coast · 47 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Dabou in JanuaryIvory Coast · 72 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Agboville in JanuaryIvory Coast · 95 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Adzopé in JanuaryIvory Coast · 100 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Abengourou in JanuaryIvory Coast · 171 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 18 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 Grand-Bassam) is explained once on the Grand-Bassam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.