Bissau weather by month & the best time to visit

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · coastal city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Bissau is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with February and December close behind. Bissau averages about 2,736 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,736

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

95/100

Rain / year

1,555 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Sea at warmest

31°C / 88°F

Population

440k

Elevation

29 m

When is the best time to visit Bissau?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Bissau is January, then February and December. The dullest month is April (57/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Bissau?

Bissau gets a lot of sun: around 2,736 hours a year. January (95/100) is noticeably better than April (57). It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Guinea-Bissau. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 78% of the year's 1,555 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

Sea temperature in Bissau by month

The sea off Bissau is warmest in November at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in January at 27°C / 81°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Serekunda Gambia · 194 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
• Conakry Guinea · 341 km · best in Jan · 2,463 h sun/yr
• Dakar Senegal · 345 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
• Nouakchott Mauritania · 714 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
• Bamako Mali · 840 km · best in Dec · 3,087 h sun/yr
• Rabil Cape Verde · 912 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Ziguinchor Senegal · 100 km · 2,861 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Cap Skirring Senegal · 131 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Apr
• Freetown (Lungi-Town) Sierra Leone · 453 km · 2,196 h sun/yr · best in Jan