Climate averages 1991–2020
Makeni weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Makeni: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 294 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bo (108 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Makeni, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Makeni ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 28.4°C; Makeni is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 294 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bo in OctoberSierra Leone · 108 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Koidu in OctoberSierra Leone · 121 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 322 mm rain
- Freetown in OctoberSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Kenema in OctoberSierra Leone · 146 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Kindia in OctoberGuinea · 158 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Mamou in OctoberGuinea · 166 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 199 mm rain
- Manéah in OctoberGuinea · 178 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Dubréka in OctoberGuinea · 191 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 214 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.