Climate averages 1991–2020
Kissidougou weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kissidougou: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 285 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gueckedou (69 km away). In August its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Kissidougou, with 330 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kissidougou ranks joint 7th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 26.7°C; Kissidougou is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 285 mm to 323 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kissidougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 8.9 | 1.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 63 | 9.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 111 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 205 | 23.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 246 | 26.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 265 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 285 | 27.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 323 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 306 | 27.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 92 | 10.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 8.2 | 1.7 | 11.612 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
August in nearby cities
- Gueckedou in AugustGuinea · 69 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Koidu in AugustSierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 419 mm rain
- Faranah in AugustGuinea · 118 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 283 mm rain
- Kankan in AugustGuinea · 159 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 279 mm rain
- Kenema in AugustSierra Leone · 188 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 413 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in AugustGuinea · 212 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 275 mm rain
- Makeni in AugustSierra Leone · 216 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 469 mm rain
- Bo in AugustSierra Leone · 226 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 476 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 Kissidougou) is explained once on the Kissidougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.