Climate averages 1991–2020
Koidu weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Koidu: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenema (89 km away). In February its highs average 33.8°C, about as warm as Koidu, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Koidu ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 33.0°C; Koidu is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kenema in FebruarySierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Gueckedou in FebruaryGuinea · 93 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Kissidougou in FebruaryGuinea · 113 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Bo in FebruarySierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Makeni in FebruarySierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Faranah in FebruaryGuinea · 157 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Mamou in FebruaryGuinea · 228 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Gbarnga in FebruaryLiberia · 247 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 45 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.