Climate averages 1991–2020
Faranah weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Faranah: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (118 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Faranah, with 306 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Faranah ranks joint 3rd of 13 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 28.9°C; Faranah is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in OctoberGuinea · 118 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 306 mm rain
- Mamou in OctoberGuinea · 152 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 199 mm rain
- Koidu in OctoberSierra Leone · 157 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 322 mm rain
- Kankan in OctoberGuinea · 162 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Gueckedou in OctoberGuinea · 177 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 282 mm rain
- Makeni in OctoberSierra Leone · 192 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Labé in OctoberGuinea · 220 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Siguiri in OctoberGuinea · 231 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 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.