Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Makeni: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Makeni, with 246 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 29.8°C; Makeni is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 306 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bo in MaySierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Koidu in MaySierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 235 mm rain
- Freetown in MaySierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Kenema in MaySierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 221 mm rain
- Kindia in MayGuinea · 158 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Mamou in MayGuinea · 166 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 165 mm rain
- Manéah in MayGuinea · 178 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Dubréka in MayGuinea · 191 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 86 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.