Climate and average weather in Mandiana

In Mandiana, the summers are sweltering, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: early November to late January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Mandiana typically varies from 18°C to 37°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 39°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Mandiana for warm-weather activities is from early November to late January.

Hottest
Mar
37°
Coldest
Aug
22°
Wettest
Aug
270 mm
Driest
Dec
0 mm
Rain / yr
1215 mm
149 wet days
Daylight
11.4–12.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
373 m
10.6°N
Clearest
Jan
31% cloud

Mandiana is human settlement in Guinea.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Mandiana weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early November to late January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Mandiana, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.8 months, from February 14 to May 10, with daily high temperatures above 35°C. The hottest month of the year in Mandiana is March, with an average high of 37°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from June 29 to September 25, with daily high temperatures below 30°C. The coldest month of the year in Mandiana is August, with an average low of 22°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in December.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3319
Feb3521
Mar3724
Apr3725
May3424
Jun3123
Jul2922
Aug2922
Sep3022
Oct3121
Nov3320
Dec3318

How hot and cold Mandiana really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Mandiana feels like about 40°C (around April 28). About 332 days a year carry some heat stress, and 29 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in April.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33331919
Feb35352121
Mar37372424
Apr39372525
May39342424
Jun35312323
Jul33292222
Aug32292222
Sep33302222
Oct35312121
Nov33332020
Dec32331818

Average hourly temperature in Mandiana

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on March afternoons, near 37°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Mandiana weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°20.511.44.8
Feb35° / 21°20.511.63.2
Mar37° / 24°82.311.91.9
Apr37° / 25°408.712.21.7
May34° / 24°10115.912.52.3
Jun31° / 23°16221.512.63.1
Jul29° / 22°23925.312.63.3
Aug29° / 22°27026.712.43.3
Sep30° / 22°24525.612.13.1
Oct31° / 21°1301911.83.5
Nov33° / 20°152.811.54.3
Dec33° / 18°00.111.44.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Mandiana gets about 1215 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.0 months, from around Apr 29 to Oct 27, peaking in September at about 87% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 16.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 270 mm over about 27 wet days; December is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 10 · 87%Dec 16 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan11
Feb21
Mar82
Apr299
May5316
Jun7022
Jul8125
Aug8627
Sep8526
Oct6019
Nov113
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Mandiana collects about 1215 mm of rain across 149 wet days — roughly 101 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 270 mm, while December is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 62% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec22840101162239270245130150
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan21
Feb21
Mar82
Apr409
May10116
Jun16222
Jul23925
Aug27027
Sep24526
Oct13019
Nov153
Dec00

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Mandiana, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 19 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around April 17. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 79% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 18 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around October 18. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 88% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 30 · 82%Aug 11 · 10%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7921
Feb7921
Mar6931
Apr5248
May3961
Jun3862
Jul2080
Aug1288
Sep2971
Oct4951
Nov6535
Dec7624

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 27, brings about 12 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.47:016:27
Feb11.67:006:39
Mar11.96:476:42
Apr12.26:286:42
May12.56:166:46
Jun12.66:166:54
Jul12.66:236:57
Aug12.46:286:49
Sep12.16:276:31
Oct11.86:276:13
Nov11.56:356:05
Dec11.46:496:12

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Mandiana averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 21 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.4 months, from around Oct 29 to Apr 11. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 0 sunny days — about 98% fewer than the January peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJan 3021 daysAug 160 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan20Bright
Feb18Bright
Mar15Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May6Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct8Gloomy
Nov14Mixed
Dec19Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Mandiana, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.4 months, from around April 1 to November 12. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 13 to March 31, and December is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 93% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 30 · 97%May 17 · 0%muggyoppressivedrycomfortablehumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9243200
Feb8277400
Mar4712182030
Apr671744260
May00119781
Jun0005951
Jul0003970
Aug0003970
Sep0001991
Oct0127890
Nov22191622200
Dec8495200

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Mandiana is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Dec 1 to Jun 7. The windiest month is February, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 11 to Nov 30, with October the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 5 · 9 km/hOct 7 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar8calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Mandiana

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Mandiana's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Mandiana sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in April.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Mandiana

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Mandiana throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid November, Mandiana is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Mandiana for general outdoor tourist activities is from early November to late January, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 1 · 5.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.8fair
Feb3.2poor
Mar2.0poor
Apr1.7poor
May2.3poor
Jun3.1poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.3poor
Sep3.2poor
Oct3.5poor
Nov4.3fair
Dec4.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Mandiana for hot-weather activities is from early November to mid February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 28 · 8.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Mandiana, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around March (highs near 37°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 29°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In March, Mandiana sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Mandiana by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mandiana peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 16UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Average hourly UV index in Mandiana

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan75
Feb7.55.5
Mar86.5
Apr86
May8.56.5
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec6.53.5

Air quality in Mandiana by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Mandiana is worst in March — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.6× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModeratePoorMar 1170 µg/m³Aug 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr50Poor
May24Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec42Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Mandiana is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Mandiana banks about 6,242 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan482
Feb506
Mar629
Apr625
May594
Jun509
Jul485
Aug473
Sep470
Oct507
Nov486
Dec475

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Mandiana receives about 5.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.3 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Dec 20 to Jun 13. The brightest month is March, averaging about 6.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.4 kWh/m² — roughly 33% less than the March peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 116.6 kWhAug 144.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.8Bright
Feb6.3Intense
Mar6.6Intense
Apr6.4Intense
May6.2Intense
Jun5.6Bright
Jul4.7Bright
Aug4.3Bright
Sep5.0Bright
Oct5.6Bright
Nov5.8Bright
Dec5.7Bright

Where is Mandiana?

Mandiana sits at 10.6°N, 8.7°W, 373 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Kankan, 72 km away.

KankanYanfolilaSiguiriKouroussaKintinianKangabaKérouanéBougouni

Topography around Mandiana

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mandiana.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mandiana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 383 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m.

The land around Mandiana is covered by grassland (43%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%), trees (28%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
130 m
80 km
230 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Kankan 72 km · Yanfolila 86 km · Siguiri 103 km · Kouroussa 130 km · Kintinian 132 km · Kangaba 149 km · Kérouané 155 km · Bougouni 159 km

Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / K
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,877
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 85%Christian 13%none 1%animist 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mandiana (10.6258°, -8.6941°, elevation 373 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).