Climate averages 1991–2020
Vavoua weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Vavoua: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daloa (56 km away). In January its highs average 32.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Vavoua, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Vavoua ranks 8th of 30 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 30 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 30 cities is 32.1°C; Vavoua is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 35 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
Vavoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 35 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 78 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 91 | 15.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 98 | 17.3 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 98 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 141 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 100 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 38 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 11 | 2.8 | 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
- Daloa in JanuaryIvory Coast · 56 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Séguéla in JanuaryIvory Coast · 68 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Bonon in JanuaryIvory Coast · 69 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Bouaflé in JanuaryIvory Coast · 92 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Sinfra in JanuaryIvory Coast · 105 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Man in JanuaryIvory Coast · 119 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Duekoué in JanuaryIvory Coast · 120 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Yamoussoukro in JanuaryIvory Coast · 146 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.5°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 Vavoua) is explained once on the Vavoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.