Climate averages 1991–2020
Siguiri weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Siguiri: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kankan (116 km away). In May its highs average 33.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Siguiri, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Guinea, Siguiri ranks 1st of 13 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 31.3°C; Siguiri is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 156 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
Siguiri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| February | 35.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.1 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 17 | 3.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 36.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 54 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 156 | 19.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 260 | 24.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 292 | 26.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 219 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 91 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 6.8 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 32.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Kankan in MayGuinea · 116 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Kita in MayMali · 183 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Bougouni in MayMali · 184 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Bamako in MayMali · 185 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Kati in MayMali · 189 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Dialakorodji in MayMali · 193 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Faranah in MayGuinea · 231 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 142 mm rain
- Kissidougou in MayGuinea · 269 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 205 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 Siguiri) is explained once on the Siguiri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.