Climate averages 1991–2020
Conakry weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Conakry: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 864 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dubréka (33 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Conakry, with 741 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Conakry ranks 9th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 26.7°C; Conakry is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 864 mm to 516 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Conakry climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 88 | 12.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 358 | 27.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 26.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 777 | 30.5 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 864 | 30.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 516 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 225 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 77 | 16.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 12 | 3.0 | 11.612 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
August in nearby cities
- Dubréka in AugustGuinea · 33 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 741 mm rain
- Manéah in AugustGuinea · 36 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 741 mm rain
- Kindia in AugustGuinea · 106 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 461 mm rain
- Freetown in AugustSierra Leone · 127 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 751 mm rain
- Kamsar in AugustGuinea · 161 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 593 mm rain
- Makeni in AugustSierra Leone · 193 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 469 mm rain
- Mamou in AugustGuinea · 197 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 414 mm rain
- Labé in AugustGuinea · 250 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 330 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 Conakry) is explained once on the Conakry year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.