Climate averages 1991–2020

Mamou weather
in May.

A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.8°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 21.7°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 165 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a hot month in Mamou: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 20 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 Kindia (92 km away). In May its highs average 32.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Mamou, with 100 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Mamou ranks joint 8th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 31.3°C; Mamou is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 282 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mamou climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mamou, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.8°C18.0°C18.0°C4.00.911.612 h
February 33.6°C19.2°C19.2°C2.30.711.812 h
March 34.6°C20.8°C20.8°C112.512.112 h
April 33.9°C21.7°C21.7°C426.212.412 h
May, selected 30.8°C21.7°C21.7°C16519.612.613 h
June 28.1°C20.8°C20.8°C28227.412.713 h
July 26.2°C20.1°C20.1°C34929.912.713 h
August 25.6°C19.9°C19.9°C41430.012.512 h
September 26.8°C20.0°C20.0°C33428.212.212 h
October 28.1°C20.1°C20.1°C19924.811.912 h
November 29.6°C19.5°C19.5°C365.511.712 h
December 30.9°C18.1°C18.1°C2.20.711.512 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

Distance from Mamou

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mamou) is explained once on the Mamou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.