Climate averages 1991–2020
Gueckedou weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th 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 Gueckedou: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 282 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kissidougou (69 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Gueckedou, with 306 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Gueckedou ranks joint 9th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 28.9°C; Gueckedou is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 282 mm to 124 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kissidougou in OctoberGuinea · 69 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 306 mm rain
- Koidu in OctoberSierra Leone · 93 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 322 mm rain
- Kenema in OctoberSierra Leone · 139 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in OctoberGuinea · 171 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 191 mm rain
- Faranah in OctoberGuinea · 177 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Bo in OctoberSierra Leone · 189 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Gbarnga in OctoberLiberia · 189 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Makeni in OctoberSierra Leone · 213 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 294 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.