Climate averages 1991–2020
Gbarnga weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Gbarnga: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzérékoré (111 km away). In January its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Gbarnga, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Gbarnga ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 29.9°C; Gbarnga is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 45 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
Gbarnga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 23 | 5.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 45 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 17.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 133 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 25.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 220 | 26.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 190 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 246 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 309 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 179 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 71 | 17.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 26 | 6.4 | 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
- Nzérékoré in JanuaryGuinea · 111 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Buchanan in JanuaryLiberia · 140 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Danané in JanuaryIvory Coast · 148 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Monrovia in JanuaryLiberia · 166 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Gueckedou in JanuaryGuinea · 189 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Kenema in JanuarySierra Leone · 213 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Man in JanuaryIvory Coast · 217 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Duekoué in JanuaryIvory Coast · 236 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 Gbarnga) is explained once on the Gbarnga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.