Climate averages 1991–2020
Kankan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kankan: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 279 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguiri (116 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Kankan, with 292 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kankan ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 26.7°C; Kankan is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 279 mm to 275 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Siguiri in AugustGuinea · 116 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 292 mm rain
- Kissidougou in AugustGuinea · 159 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Faranah in AugustGuinea · 162 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 283 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AugustGuinea · 222 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Bougouni in AugustMali · 230 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 261 mm rain
- Koidu in AugustSierra Leone · 266 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 419 mm rain
- Bamako in AugustMali · 287 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 253 mm rain
- Kati in AugustMali · 295 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 258 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.