Climate averages 1991–2020
Conakry weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Conakry: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dubréka (33 km away). In December its highs average 31.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Conakry, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Conakry ranks joint 11th of 13 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 31.2°C; Conakry is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 3.0 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dubréka in DecemberGuinea · 33 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Manéah in DecemberGuinea · 36 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Kindia in DecemberGuinea · 106 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Freetown in DecemberSierra Leone · 127 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Kamsar in DecemberGuinea · 161 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Makeni in DecemberSierra Leone · 193 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Mamou in DecemberGuinea · 197 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Labé in DecemberGuinea · 250 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 1.7 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.