Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Makeni: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 469 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In August its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Makeni, with 476 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 26.8°C; Makeni is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 469 mm to 413 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Bo in AugustSierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 476 mm rain
- Koidu in AugustSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 419 mm rain
- Freetown in AugustSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 751 mm rain
- Kenema in AugustSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 413 mm rain
- Kindia in AugustGuinea · 158 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 461 mm rain
- Mamou in AugustGuinea · 166 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 414 mm rain
- Manéah in AugustGuinea · 178 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 741 mm rain
- Dubréka in AugustGuinea · 191 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 741 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.