Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Makeni: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 6.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In February its highs average 34.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Makeni, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 33.0°C; Makeni is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.1 mm to 24 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bo in FebruarySierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Koidu in FebruarySierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Freetown in FebruarySierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Kenema in FebruarySierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Kindia in FebruaryGuinea · 158 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Mamou in FebruaryGuinea · 166 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Manéah in FebruaryGuinea · 178 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Dubréka in FebruaryGuinea · 191 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.3 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.