Climate averages 1991–2020
Kenema weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kenema: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (61 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Kenema, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Kenema ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 28.4°C; Kenema is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 227 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bo in OctoberSierra Leone · 61 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Koidu in OctoberSierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 322 mm rain
- Gueckedou in OctoberGuinea · 139 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 282 mm rain
- Makeni in OctoberSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Monrovia in OctoberLiberia · 181 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 358 mm rain
- Kissidougou in OctoberGuinea · 188 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 306 mm rain
- Gbarnga in OctoberLiberia · 213 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Freetown in OctoberSierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 232 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.