Climate averages 1991–2020
Gueckedou weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 Gueckedou: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (69 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gueckedou, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Gueckedou ranks joint 11th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 31.3°C; Gueckedou is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 226 mm to 278 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in MayGuinea · 69 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Koidu in MaySierra Leone · 93 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 235 mm rain
- Kenema in MaySierra Leone · 139 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 221 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in MayGuinea · 171 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Faranah in MayGuinea · 177 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 142 mm rain
- Bo in MaySierra Leone · 189 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Gbarnga in MayLiberia · 189 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Makeni in MaySierra Leone · 213 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 179 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.