Climate averages 1991–2020
Kissidougou weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kissidougou: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gueckedou (69 km away). In January its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Kissidougou, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kissidougou ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 32.1°C; Kissidougou is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.9 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gueckedou in JanuaryGuinea · 69 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Koidu in JanuarySierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Faranah in JanuaryGuinea · 118 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Kankan in JanuaryGuinea · 159 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kenema in JanuarySierra Leone · 188 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in JanuaryGuinea · 212 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Makeni in JanuarySierra Leone · 216 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Bo in JanuarySierra Leone · 226 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 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.