Climate averages 1991–2020
Bo weather
in February.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Bo: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenema (61 km away). In February its highs average 33.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Bo, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Bo ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 33.0°C; Bo is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 56 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
Bo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 17 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| February, selected | 34.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 20 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 56 | 11.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 120 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 246 | 27.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 333 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 396 | 29.1 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 476 | 29.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 433 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 245 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 103 | 19.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 26 | 6.4 | 11.712 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
- Kenema in FebruarySierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Makeni in FebruarySierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Koidu in FebruarySierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Freetown in FebruarySierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Gueckedou in FebruaryGuinea · 189 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Monrovia in FebruaryLiberia · 212 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Kissidougou in FebruaryGuinea · 226 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Faranah in FebruaryGuinea · 255 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 4.2 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 Bo) is explained once on the Bo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.