Climate averages 1991–2020
Kankan weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Kankan: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguiri (116 km away). In April its highs average 38.1°C, 1.8°C warmer than Kankan, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kankan ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 33.2°C; Kankan is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 126 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kankan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 36.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 46 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 126 | 17.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 185 | 22.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 245 | 25.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 279 | 26.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 275 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 176 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 28 | 4.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Siguiri in AprilGuinea · 116 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Kissidougou in AprilGuinea · 159 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Faranah in AprilGuinea · 162 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AprilGuinea · 222 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Bougouni in AprilMali · 230 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Koidu in AprilSierra Leone · 266 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Bamako in AprilMali · 287 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Kati in AprilMali · 295 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 7.0 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 Kankan) is explained once on the Kankan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.