Climate averages 1991–2020
Faranah weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Faranah: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (118 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 2.1°C cooler than Faranah, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Faranah ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 31.3°C; Faranah is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 213 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in MayGuinea · 118 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Mamou in MayGuinea · 152 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 165 mm rain
- Koidu in MaySierra Leone · 157 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 235 mm rain
- Kankan in MayGuinea · 162 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MayGuinea · 177 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Makeni in MaySierra Leone · 192 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Labé in MayGuinea · 220 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Siguiri in MayGuinea · 231 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 54 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.