Climate averages 1991–2020
Koidu weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Koidu: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenema (89 km away). In April its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Koidu, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Koidu ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 31.4°C; Koidu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 235 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Koidu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 63 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 105 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 235 | 25.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 335 | 28.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 26.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 369 | 29.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 419 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 422 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 322 | 29.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 129 | 16.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Kenema in AprilSierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AprilGuinea · 93 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Kissidougou in AprilGuinea · 113 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Bo in AprilSierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Makeni in AprilSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Faranah in AprilGuinea · 157 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Mamou in AprilGuinea · 228 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Gbarnga in AprilLiberia · 247 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 133 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 Koidu) is explained once on the Koidu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.