Climate averages 1991–2020
Monrovia weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Monrovia: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buchanan (95 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Monrovia, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Monrovia ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 29.9°C; Monrovia is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 103 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
Monrovia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 83 | 17.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 103 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 208 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 321 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 492 | 29.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 419 | 26.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 492 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 530 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 358 | 30.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 192 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 105 | 23.0 | 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
- Buchanan in JanuaryLiberia · 95 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Gbarnga in JanuaryLiberia · 166 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Kenema in JanuarySierra Leone · 181 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Bo in JanuarySierra Leone · 212 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Koidu in JanuarySierra Leone · 261 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Gueckedou in JanuaryGuinea · 262 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in JanuaryGuinea · 272 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Danané in JanuaryIvory Coast · 311 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.0°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 Monrovia) is explained once on the Monrovia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.