Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Makeni: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 405 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Makeni, with 396 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 5 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 5 cities is 27.2°C; Makeni is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 405 mm to 469 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bo in JulySierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 396 mm rain
- Koidu in JulySierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 369 mm rain
- Freetown in JulySierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 683 mm rain
- Kenema in JulySierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 355 mm rain
- Kindia in JulyGuinea · 158 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 403 mm rain
- Mamou in JulyGuinea · 166 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 349 mm rain
- Manéah in JulyGuinea · 178 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 623 mm rain
- Dubréka in JulyGuinea · 191 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 623 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.