Climate averages 1991–2020
Bo weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Bo: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes November a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenema (61 km away). In November its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Bo, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Bo ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 29.0°C; Bo is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kenema in NovemberSierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Makeni in NovemberSierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Koidu in NovemberSierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Freetown in NovemberSierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Gueckedou in NovemberGuinea · 189 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Monrovia in NovemberLiberia · 212 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Kissidougou in NovemberGuinea · 226 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Faranah in NovemberGuinea · 255 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 46 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.