Climate averages 1991–2020
Faranah weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Faranah: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 283 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (118 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Faranah, with 285 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Faranah ranks 3rd of 13 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 26.7°C; Faranah is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 283 mm to 289 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in AugustGuinea · 118 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Mamou in AugustGuinea · 152 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 414 mm rain
- Koidu in AugustSierra Leone · 157 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 419 mm rain
- Kankan in AugustGuinea · 162 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 279 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AugustGuinea · 177 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Makeni in AugustSierra Leone · 192 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 469 mm rain
- Labé in AugustGuinea · 220 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 330 mm rain
- Siguiri in AugustGuinea · 231 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 292 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.