Climate guideThirty-year normals for Conakry
Conakry climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,515 mm189 wet days a year
9.54° N, 13.68° WElevation 13 mUTC+0 · Greenwich Mean Time
When to goConakry · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low28° / 25°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Conakry has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is December, when afternoons average 28° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,515 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (1,003 mm, 31 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in January to 62% in August.
The sea reaches about 29° in November. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · December
- Coldest nights
- 24° · August
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 18% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · November
- Longest day
- 12 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 34 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 14 mm | 143 mm | 422 mm | 1,003 mm | 1,041 mm | 529 mm | 292 mm | 60 mm | 6 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 24.5 | 27.3 | 31 | 30.8 | 29.8 | 28.7 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 18% | 19% | 26% | 47% | 57% | 60% | 62% | 57% | 48% | 30% | 25% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 37 | 11h 50 | 12h 04 | 12h 20 | 12h 33 | 12h 41 | 12h 38 | 12h 26 | 12h 11 | 11h 55 | 11h 41 | 11h 34 |
| Month score | 89 | 90 | 88 | 75 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 68 | 85 |
ivMonth by month
Conakry in every month
January89
28° / 25°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
February90
27° / 25°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
March88
27° / 25°
2 mm · 1.3 wet day
April75
27° / 26°
14 mm · 6.5 wet days
May48
28° / 26°
143 mm · 24.5 wet days
June46
27° / 25°
422 mm · 27.3 wet days
July48
27° / 25°
1,003 mm · 31 wet days
August49
26° / 24°
1,041 mm · 30.8 wet days
September49
27° / 25°
529 mm · 29.8 wet days
October49
28° / 25°
292 mm · 28.7 wet days
November68
28° / 26°
60 mm · 8.2 wet days
December85
28° / 26°
6 mm · 0.5 wet day