Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenema weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kenema: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 413 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (61 km away). In August its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Kenema, with 476 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Kenema ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 26.8°C; Kenema is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 413 mm to 395 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Bo in AugustSierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 476 mm rain
- Koidu in AugustSierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 419 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AugustGuinea · 139 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Makeni in AugustSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 469 mm rain
- Monrovia in AugustLiberia · 181 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 492 mm rain
- Kissidougou in AugustGuinea · 188 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Gbarnga in AugustLiberia · 213 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Freetown in AugustSierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 751 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.