Climate averages 1991–2020
Gueckedou weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Gueckedou: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (69 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°C, about as warm as Gueckedou, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Gueckedou ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.1°C; Gueckedou is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 28 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
Gueckedou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 15 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 28 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 79 | 12.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 122 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 226 | 25.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 278 | 27.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 26.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 290 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 330 | 28.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 351 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 282 | 29.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 124 | 16.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.612 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 · 69 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Koidu in JanuarySierra Leone · 93 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Kenema in JanuarySierra Leone · 139 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in JanuaryGuinea · 171 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Faranah in JanuaryGuinea · 177 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Bo in JanuarySierra Leone · 189 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Gbarnga in JanuaryLiberia · 189 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Makeni in JanuarySierra Leone · 213 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.4 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 Gueckedou) is explained once on the Gueckedou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.