Conakry
Elevation 13 m9.51° N, 13.71° W
When to go?
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, 1 rain day in the month (11 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, 13 rain days in the month (118 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 27 °C, 25 rain days in the month (341 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain14 mm per rain day
Mean 26 °C, 29 rain days in the month (676 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
- Torrential rain23 mm per rain day
Mean 26 °C, 31 rain days in the month (898 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain29 mm per rain day
Mean 26 °C, 29 rain days in the month (654 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain23 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 24 rain days in the month (240 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 12 rain days in the month (67 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 27 °C, 2 rain days in the month (8 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
No ideal month: the best months are January–April, the least hot. Ideal for the sea: October–May. Avoid May–December (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean
Monthly mean sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.5 °C; in the last ten years by +0.8 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.2 °C), coldest: 1954 (−0.4 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.7 °C), August the least (+0.4 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −3 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.4 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990