Climate averages 1991–2020
Koidu weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Koidu: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenema (89 km away). In December its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Koidu, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Koidu ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 30.2°C; Koidu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kenema in DecemberSierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Gueckedou in DecemberGuinea · 93 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Kissidougou in DecemberGuinea · 113 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Bo in DecemberSierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Makeni in DecemberSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Faranah in DecemberGuinea · 157 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Mamou in DecemberGuinea · 228 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Gbarnga in DecemberLiberia · 247 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 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.