Climate averages 1991–2020
Kankan weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kankan: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguiri (116 km away). In January its highs average 33.0°C, about as warm as Kankan, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kankan ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.1°C; Kankan is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 2.8 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Siguiri in JanuaryGuinea · 116 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Kissidougou in JanuaryGuinea · 159 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Faranah in JanuaryGuinea · 162 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Gueckedou in JanuaryGuinea · 222 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Bougouni in JanuaryMali · 230 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Koidu in JanuarySierra Leone · 266 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Bamako in JanuaryMali · 287 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Kati in JanuaryMali · 295 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.2 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.