Climate averages 1991–2020
Kankan weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Kankan: daytime highs average 37.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguiri (116 km away). In March its highs average 37.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kankan, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kankan ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 33.8°C; Kankan is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Siguiri in MarchGuinea · 116 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Kissidougou in MarchGuinea · 159 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Faranah in MarchGuinea · 162 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MarchGuinea · 222 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Bougouni in MarchMali · 230 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Koidu in MarchSierra Leone · 266 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Bamako in MarchMali · 287 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Kati in MarchMali · 295 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 2.2 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.