Climate averages 1991–2020
Kankan weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kankan: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguiri (116 km away). In July its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Kankan, with 260 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kankan ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 13 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 13 cities is 27.3°C; Kankan is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 245 mm to 279 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Siguiri in JulyGuinea · 116 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 260 mm rain
- Kissidougou in JulyGuinea · 159 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 265 mm rain
- Faranah in JulyGuinea · 162 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 247 mm rain
- Gueckedou in JulyGuinea · 222 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 290 mm rain
- Bougouni in JulyMali · 230 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 213 mm rain
- Koidu in JulySierra Leone · 266 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 369 mm rain
- Bamako in JulyMali · 287 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Kati in JulyMali · 295 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 202 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.