Climate averages 1991–2020
Koidu weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Koidu: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenema (89 km away). In November its highs average 29.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Koidu, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Koidu ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 29.0°C; Koidu is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 16 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
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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kenema in NovemberSierra Leone · 89 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Gueckedou in NovemberGuinea · 93 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Kissidougou in NovemberGuinea · 113 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Bo in NovemberSierra Leone · 113 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Makeni in NovemberSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Faranah in NovemberGuinea · 157 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Mamou in NovemberGuinea · 228 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Gbarnga in NovemberLiberia · 247 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 71 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.