Kankan
10.38° N, 9.30° W
When to go?
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (3 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 29 °C, 2 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 30 °C, 6 rain days in the month (71 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 29 °C, 12 rain days in the month (165 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 27 °C, 15 rain days in the month (214 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 26 °C, 19 rain days in the month (271 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 21 rain days in the month (335 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
Mean 26 °C, 22 rain days in the month (339 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain15 mm per rain day
Mean 26 °C, 17 rain days in the month (220 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 3 rain days in the month (28 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are December–January. Avoid February–November (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.
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 +0.7 °C; in the last ten years by +1.0 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.7 °C), coldest: 1967 (−0.6 °C).
December and November warmed the most (+1.1 and +0.9 °C), August the least (+0.5 °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: −4 % every ten years.