Climate averages 1991–2020
Bo weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bo: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 433 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenema (61 km away). In September its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Bo, with 395 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Bo ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 5 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 5 cities is 27.6°C; Bo is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 433 mm to 245 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kenema in SeptemberSierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 395 mm rain
- Makeni in SeptemberSierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 413 mm rain
- Koidu in SeptemberSierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 422 mm rain
- Freetown in SeptemberSierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 479 mm rain
- Gueckedou in SeptemberGuinea · 189 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 351 mm rain
- Monrovia in SeptemberLiberia · 212 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 530 mm rain
- Kissidougou in SeptemberGuinea · 226 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 323 mm rain
- Faranah in SeptemberGuinea · 255 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 289 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.