Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Makeni: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately 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 Bo (108 km away). In April its highs average 32.2°C, 2.2°C cooler than Makeni, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 31.4°C; Makeni is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 179 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
Makeni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.1 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 24 | 5.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 51 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 179 | 22.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 306 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 405 | 29.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 469 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 413 | 29.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 294 | 29.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 101 | 16.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 13 | 3.0 | 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
- Bo in AprilSierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Koidu in AprilSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Freetown in AprilSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Kenema in AprilSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Kindia in AprilGuinea · 158 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Mamou in AprilGuinea · 166 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Manéah in AprilGuinea · 178 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Dubréka in AprilGuinea · 191 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 6.7 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 Makeni) is explained once on the Makeni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.