Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenema weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kenema: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (61 km away). In April its highs average 32.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kenema, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Kenema ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 31.4°C; Kenema is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 221 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kenema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 19 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 58 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 114 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 221 | 26.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 287 | 28.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 355 | 28.3 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 413 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 395 | 28.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 227 | 28.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 90 | 17.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 21 | 5.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Bo in AprilSierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Koidu in AprilSierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AprilGuinea · 139 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Makeni in AprilSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Monrovia in AprilLiberia · 181 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 208 mm rain
- Kissidougou in AprilGuinea · 188 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Gbarnga in AprilLiberia · 213 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Freetown in AprilSierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 21 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 Kenema) is explained once on the Kenema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.