Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenema weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Kenema: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes November a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (61 km away). In November its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Kenema, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Kenema ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 29.0°C; Kenema is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bo in NovemberSierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Koidu in NovemberSierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Gueckedou in NovemberGuinea · 139 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Makeni in NovemberSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Monrovia in NovemberLiberia · 181 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Kissidougou in NovemberGuinea · 188 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Gbarnga in NovemberLiberia · 213 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Freetown in NovemberSierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 98 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.