Climate averages 1991–2020
Kissidougou weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th 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 Kissidougou: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gueckedou (69 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kissidougou, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Kissidougou ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 31.3°C; Kissidougou is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 205 mm to 246 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gueckedou in MayGuinea · 69 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Koidu in MaySierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 235 mm rain
- Faranah in MayGuinea · 118 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 142 mm rain
- Kankan in MayGuinea · 159 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Kenema in MaySierra Leone · 188 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 221 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in MayGuinea · 212 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Makeni in MaySierra Leone · 216 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Bo in MaySierra Leone · 226 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 246 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.