UV Index 🇨🇮Ivory Coast

Côte d'Ivoire lies in tropical West Africa between roughly 4.4° and 10.7° north of the equator, fronting the Gulf of Guinea for about 515 km of coast and extending inland to the Sudanian savanna. Most of the country is low-lying plateau under 500 m, rising to the western highlands where Mont Nimba reaches 1,752 m. At this latitude the midday sun passes nearly overhead twice a year, so solar elevation and ambient UV potential remain high throughout the year with only modest seasonal swing.

A distinctive feature of Ivorian UV climate is the strong seasonal control by the West African monsoon and the harmattan. From May to October the monsoon drives persistent low cloud and heavy convective storms over the southern forest belt around Abidjan, attenuating surface UV even when the sun is high, while the short dry season still delivers intense exposure. From December to February the harmattan carries thick Saharan dust southward across the northern savanna toward Korhogo and Bouaké, scattering and partially absorbing UV. The national meteorological service SODEXAM monitors these regimes across the coast-to-Sahel transition.

Côte d'Ivoire sits at #71 of 191 in the WHO's global ambient-UV ranking with about 4,931 J/m² of average daily UV, around the 63rd percentile worldwide.