Climate averages 1991–2020
Buchanan weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Buchanan: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monrovia (95 km away). In February its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Buchanan, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Buchanan ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 3 cities is 30.1°C; Buchanan is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 167 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Buchanan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 76 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 207 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 362 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 390 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 305 | 30.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 166 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 88 | 21.2 | 11.812 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
February in nearby cities
- Monrovia in FebruaryLiberia · 95 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Gbarnga in FebruaryLiberia · 140 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in FebruaryGuinea · 249 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Kenema in FebruarySierra Leone · 256 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Danané in FebruaryIvory Coast · 260 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Bo in FebruarySierra Leone · 298 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Gueckedou in FebruaryGuinea · 299 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Duekoué in FebruaryIvory Coast · 314 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 44 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 Buchanan) is explained once on the Buchanan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.