Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Makeni: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In January its highs average 33.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Makeni, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 31.9°C; Makeni is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.4 mm to 6.1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bo in JanuarySierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Koidu in JanuarySierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Freetown in JanuarySierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Kenema in JanuarySierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Kindia in JanuaryGuinea · 158 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Mamou in JanuaryGuinea · 166 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Manéah in JanuaryGuinea · 178 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Dubréka in JanuaryGuinea · 191 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 3.1 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.