Climate averages 1991–2020
Kankan weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kankan: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguiri (116 km away). In October its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Kankan, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kankan ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 28.9°C; Kankan is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Siguiri in OctoberGuinea · 116 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Kissidougou in OctoberGuinea · 159 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 306 mm rain
- Faranah in OctoberGuinea · 162 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Gueckedou in OctoberGuinea · 222 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 282 mm rain
- Bougouni in OctoberMali · 230 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Koidu in OctoberSierra Leone · 266 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 322 mm rain
- Bamako in OctoberMali · 287 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Kati in OctoberMali · 295 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 47 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.