Climate averages 1991–2020

Kamsar weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 21.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Kamsar: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dubréka (153 km away). In January its highs average 32.7°C, 1.5°C warmer than Kamsar, with 3.1 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kamsar ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.1°C; Kamsar is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kamsar climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kamsar, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	31.2°C21.7°C	21.7°C	0.4	0.1	11.612 h
February	31.5°C22.2°C	22.2°C	0.4	0.0	11.812 h
March	31.6°C23.0°C	23.0°C	0.3	0.1	12.112 h
April	31.0°C23.8°C	23.8°C	0.9	0.2	12.412 h
May	30.8°C25.1°C	25.1°C	34	5.9	12.613 h
June	29.3°C25.1°C	25.1°C	202	23.9	12.713 h
July	27.7°C24.2°C	24.2°C	497	30.4	12.713 h
August	27.3°C24.0°C	24.0°C	593	30.8	12.512 h
September	28.1°C24.0°C	24.0°C	405	29.3	12.212 h
October	29.2°C24.4°C	24.4°C	228	28.6	11.912 h
November	30.0°C24.7°C	24.7°C	61	12.5	11.612 h
December	30.8°C22.8°C	22.8°C	3.5	0.9	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Kamsar

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kamsar) is explained once on the Kamsar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.