Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenema weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kenema: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (61 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Kenema, with 246 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Kenema ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 29.8°C; Kenema is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 221 mm to 287 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bo in MaySierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Koidu in MaySierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 235 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MayGuinea · 139 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Makeni in MaySierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Monrovia in MayLiberia · 181 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Kissidougou in MayGuinea · 188 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Gbarnga in MayLiberia · 213 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Freetown in MaySierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 159 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.