Climate averages 1991–2020
Yamoussoukro weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd 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 Yamoussoukro: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bouaflé (55 km away). In January its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Yamoussoukro, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro ranks joint 11th of 30 for the warmest January highs and joint 13th of 30 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 30 cities is 32.1°C; Yamoussoukro is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 48 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
Yamoussoukro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 48 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 92 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 109 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 107 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 110 | 20.3 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 83 | 16.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 101 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 149 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 112 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 52 | 12.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 16 | 3.9 | 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
- Bouaflé in JanuaryIvory Coast · 55 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Dimbokro in JanuaryIvory Coast · 66 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Sinfra in JanuaryIvory Coast · 74 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Bonon in JanuaryIvory Coast · 86 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Bouaké in JanuaryIvory Coast · 101 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Gagnoa in JanuaryIvory Coast · 107 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Divo in JanuaryIvory Coast · 110 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Daloa in JanuaryIvory Coast · 130 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 Yamoussoukro) is explained once on the Yamoussoukro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.