Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenema weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Kenema: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 355 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (61 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Kenema, with 396 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Kenema ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 5 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 5 cities is 27.2°C; Kenema is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 355 mm to 413 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bo in JulySierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 396 mm rain
- Koidu in JulySierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 369 mm rain
- Gueckedou in JulyGuinea · 139 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 290 mm rain
- Makeni in JulySierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 405 mm rain
- Monrovia in JulyLiberia · 181 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 419 mm rain
- Kissidougou in JulyGuinea · 188 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 265 mm rain
- Gbarnga in JulyLiberia · 213 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Freetown in JulySierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 683 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.