Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in June.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Makeni: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 306 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In June its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Makeni, with 333 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest June highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 5 cities is 28.5°C; Makeni is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 306 mm to 405 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Bo in JuneSierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 333 mm rain
- Koidu in JuneSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 335 mm rain
- Freetown in JuneSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 397 mm rain
- Kenema in JuneSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 287 mm rain
- Kindia in JuneGuinea · 158 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 219 mm rain
- Mamou in JuneGuinea · 166 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 282 mm rain
- Manéah in JuneGuinea · 178 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 301 mm rain
- Dubréka in JuneGuinea · 191 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 301 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.