Climate averages 1991–2020
Buchanan weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Buchanan: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monrovia (95 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Buchanan, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Buchanan ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 29.9°C; Buchanan is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 106 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
Buchanan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 76 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 207 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 362 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 390 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 305 | 30.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 166 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 88 | 21.2 | 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
- Monrovia in JanuaryLiberia · 95 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Gbarnga in JanuaryLiberia · 140 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in JanuaryGuinea · 249 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Kenema in JanuarySierra Leone · 256 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Danané in JanuaryIvory Coast · 260 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Bo in JanuarySierra Leone · 298 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Gueckedou in JanuaryGuinea · 299 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Duekoué in JanuaryIvory Coast · 314 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.6°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 Buchanan) is explained once on the Buchanan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.