Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Makeni: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In March its highs average 33.9°C, 1.8°C cooler than Makeni, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 32.7°C; Makeni is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bo in MarchSierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Koidu in MarchSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Freetown in MarchSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Kenema in MarchSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Kindia in MarchGuinea · 158 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Mamou in MarchGuinea · 166 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Manéah in MarchGuinea · 178 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Dubréka in MarchGuinea · 191 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.4 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.