Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenema weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kenema: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (61 km away). In January its highs average 33.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kenema, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Kenema ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 31.9°C; Kenema is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bo in JanuarySierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Koidu in JanuarySierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Gueckedou in JanuaryGuinea · 139 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Makeni in JanuarySierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Monrovia in JanuaryLiberia · 181 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Kissidougou in JanuaryGuinea · 188 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Gbarnga in JanuaryLiberia · 213 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Freetown in JanuarySierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 9.9 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.