Climate averages 1991–2020
Faranah weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th 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 Faranah: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.7 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 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (118 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Faranah, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Faranah ranks 1st of 13 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.1°C; Faranah is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.7 mm to 4.2 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
Faranah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in JanuaryGuinea · 118 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Mamou in JanuaryGuinea · 152 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Koidu in JanuarySierra Leone · 157 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Kankan in JanuaryGuinea · 162 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Gueckedou in JanuaryGuinea · 177 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Makeni in JanuarySierra Leone · 192 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Labé in JanuaryGuinea · 220 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Siguiri in JanuaryGuinea · 231 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.6 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.