Climate averages 1991–2020
Kankan weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kankan: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguiri (116 km away). In May its highs average 36.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Kankan, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kankan ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 31.3°C; Kankan is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 185 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Siguiri in MayGuinea · 116 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Kissidougou in MayGuinea · 159 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Faranah in MayGuinea · 162 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 142 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MayGuinea · 222 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Bougouni in MayMali · 230 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Koidu in MaySierra Leone · 266 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 235 mm rain
- Bamako in MayMali · 287 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Kati in MayMali · 295 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 28 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.