Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Makeni: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In November its highs average 29.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Makeni, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest November highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 29.0°C; Makeni is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bo in NovemberSierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Koidu in NovemberSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Freetown in NovemberSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Kenema in NovemberSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Kindia in NovemberGuinea · 158 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Mamou in NovemberGuinea · 166 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Manéah in NovemberGuinea · 178 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Dubréka in NovemberGuinea · 191 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 83 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.