Climate averages 1991–2020
Conakry weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Conakry: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dubréka (33 km away). In March its highs average 33.5°C, 3.6°C warmer than Conakry, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Conakry ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 33.8°C; Conakry is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.5 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dubréka in MarchGuinea · 33 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Manéah in MarchGuinea · 36 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Kindia in MarchGuinea · 106 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Freetown in MarchSierra Leone · 127 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Kamsar in MarchGuinea · 161 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Makeni in MarchSierra Leone · 193 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Mamou in MarchGuinea · 197 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Labé in MarchGuinea · 250 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 5.5 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.