Climate averages 1991–2020
Gueckedou weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Gueckedou: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 (69 km away). In March its highs average 33.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Gueckedou, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Gueckedou ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 33.8°C; Gueckedou is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 122 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
Gueckedou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in MarchGuinea · 69 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Koidu in MarchSierra Leone · 93 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Kenema in MarchSierra Leone · 139 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in MarchGuinea · 171 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Faranah in MarchGuinea · 177 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bo in MarchSierra Leone · 189 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Gbarnga in MarchLiberia · 189 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Makeni in MarchSierra Leone · 213 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 24 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.