Climate averages 1991–2020
Faranah weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Faranah: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (118 km away). In April its highs average 32.0°C, 3.1°C cooler than Faranah, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Faranah ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 33.2°C; Faranah is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Faranah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 16 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 35.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 54 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 142 | 18.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 213 | 23.9 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 247 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 283 | 27.1 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 289 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 223 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 46 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.512 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
April in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in AprilGuinea · 118 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Mamou in AprilGuinea · 152 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Koidu in AprilSierra Leone · 157 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Kankan in AprilGuinea · 162 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AprilGuinea · 177 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Makeni in AprilSierra Leone · 192 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Labé in AprilGuinea · 220 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Siguiri in AprilGuinea · 231 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 17 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 Faranah) is explained once on the Faranah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.