Climate averages 1991–2020
Conakry weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Conakry: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dubréka (33 km away). In January its highs average 32.7°C, 2.9°C warmer than Conakry, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Conakry ranks joint 12th of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.1°C; Conakry is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.0 mm to 1.0 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
Conakry climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dubréka in JanuaryGuinea · 33 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Manéah in JanuaryGuinea · 36 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Kindia in JanuaryGuinea · 106 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Freetown in JanuarySierra Leone · 127 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Kamsar in JanuaryGuinea · 161 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Makeni in JanuarySierra Leone · 193 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Mamou in JanuaryGuinea · 197 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Labé in JanuaryGuinea · 250 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.8°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.