Climate averages 1991–2020
Faranah weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Faranah: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (118 km away). In March its highs average 33.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Faranah, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Faranah ranks 3rd of 13 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 33.8°C; Faranah is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 54 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in MarchGuinea · 118 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Mamou in MarchGuinea · 152 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Koidu in MarchSierra Leone · 157 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Kankan in MarchGuinea · 162 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MarchGuinea · 177 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Makeni in MarchSierra Leone · 192 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Labé in MarchGuinea · 220 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Siguiri in MarchGuinea · 231 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.8 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.