Warm in Jan
24°C average high
avg high · 21° at night
25°C+ on 3 in 10 days
The Gambia
The Gambia weather in January
Is it warm? Yes. January in The Gambia is hot: afternoons average 30°C and nights 21°C. Most days (80%) peak between 27°C and 33°C.
Hot · average high
30°C
25°C or more on almost every day.
- Average low21°overnight
- Sea23°average, 2023–2025
- Rainy days00 mm in the month
- SkyOften cloudy47% cloud · 36% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every January afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 27° and 33°.
January, year by year
The average January high in each year. The warmest, 2022, averaged 33°C; the coolest, 2014, 28°C.
Compared with home
Average January highs. Rain is rare: less than one wet day in a typical month.
- The Gambia30°
- Cork9°
- Dublin8°
- London8°
- Belfast7°
- Manchester7°
- Glasgow6°
Other warm places in January
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; The Gambia is about 6h.
Warm in Jan
25°C average high
avg high · 19° at night
25°C+ on 6 in 10 days
Warm in Jan
24°C average high
avg high · 15° at night
25°C+ on 3 in 10 days
Air: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2011–2025. Sea: Copernicus Marine analysis via Open-Meteo, 2023–2025. Rainy day = 2 mm or more. Clear day = average cloud cover of 30% or less. These are averages of past weather, not a forecast. Methodology