Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenema weather
in February.
A 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 hot month in Kenema: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 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 Bo (61 km away). In February its highs average 34.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kenema, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Kenema ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 33.0°C; Kenema is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 58 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bo in FebruarySierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Koidu in FebruarySierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Gueckedou in FebruaryGuinea · 139 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Makeni in FebruarySierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Monrovia in FebruaryLiberia · 181 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Kissidougou in FebruaryGuinea · 188 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Gbarnga in FebruaryLiberia · 213 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Freetown in FebruarySierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 6.0 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.