Conakry weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇳 Guinea · coastal city break · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Conakry is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with February and March close behind. Conakry averages about 2,463 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,463
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 2,897 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 1.9M
- Elevation
- 22 m
When is the best time to visit Conakry?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Conakry is January, then February and March. The dullest month is June (66/100, 353 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Conakry?
Conakry gets a moderate 2,463 hours of sunshine a year. January (93/100) is noticeably better than June (66). It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Guinea. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 76% of the year's 2,897 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 93 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 0 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 93 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 2 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 93 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 1 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 91 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 13 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 77 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 90 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 353 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 66 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 826 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 66 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 943 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 66 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 441 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 173 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 84 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 53 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| December | 93 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 2 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Conakry by month
The sea off Conakry is warmest in March at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in July at 28°C / 82°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 · 534 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Dakar Senegal · 680 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
- Bamako Mali · 700 km · best in Dec · 3,087 h sun/yr
- Nouakchott Mauritania · 1,004 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
- Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire · 1,171 km · best in Jan · 1,857 h sun/yr
- Praia Cape Verde · 1,227 km · best in May · 3,097 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Freetown (Lungi-Town) Sierra Leone · 116 km · 2,196 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bissau Guinea-Bissau · 341 km · 2,736 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Ziguinchor Senegal · 441 km · 2,861 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Cap Skirring Senegal · 464 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Monrovia Liberia · 516 km · 1,824 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Conakry compares month by month: Conakry vs Bamako · Conakry vs Dakar · Conakry vs Serekunda · all comparisons
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