Climate and average weather in Siguiri

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

Best: late October to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Siguiri typically varies from 19°C to 38°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 40°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Siguiri for warm-weather activities are from early January to late January and late October to late December.

Hottest
Apr
38°
Coldest
Aug
22°
Wettest
Aug
292 mm
Driest
Dec
0 mm
Rain / yr
1103 mm
125 wet days
Daylight
11.3–12.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
368 m
11.4°N
Clearest
Feb
30% cloud

Siguiri is city of Guinea.

Founded
1890

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

Siguiri 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 late October to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 2.9 months, from February 21 to May 18, with daily high temperatures above 36°C. The hottest month of the year in Siguiri is April, with an average high of 38°C and low of 26°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from June 30 to October 1, with daily high temperatures below 31°C. The coldest month of the year in Siguiri 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°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3319
Feb3522
Mar3824
Apr3826
May3625
Jun3223
Jul3023
Aug2922
Sep3022
Oct3222
Nov3320
Dec3319

How hot and cold Siguiri 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, Siguiri feels like about 40°C (around May 12). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 42 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33331919
Feb35352222
Mar37382424
Apr39382626
May40362525
Jun37322323
Jul33302223
Aug32292222
Sep34302222
Oct36322222
Nov34332020
Dec33331919

Average hourly temperature in Siguiri

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 April afternoons, near 38°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 22°C.

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

Siguiri 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°20.211.44.7
Feb35° / 22°10.111.63.1
Mar38° / 24°40.811.91.6
Apr38° / 26°173.712.21.1
May36° / 25°5410.312.51.8
Jun32° / 23°15619.812.72.9
Jul30° / 23°26024.912.63.3
Aug29° / 22°29226.712.43.3
Sep30° / 22°21923.212.13.4
Oct32° / 22°9114.311.73.7
Nov33° / 20°71.211.54.1
Dec33° / 19°0011.34.7

Chance of rain

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

Siguiri gets about 1103 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 5.3 months, from around May 15 to Oct 23, peaking in August at about 87% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 7.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 292 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 wetAug 15 · 87%Feb 7 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan10
Feb10
Mar31
Apr124
May3510
Jun6420
Jul8025
Aug8627
Sep7723
Oct4514
Nov51
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Siguiri collects about 1103 mm of rain across 125 wet days — roughly 92 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 292 mm, while December is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 70% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec21417541562602922199170
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan20
Feb10
Mar41
Apr174
May5410
Jun15620
Jul26025
Aug29227
Sep21923
Oct9114
Nov71
Dec00

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Siguiri, 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 23 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around May 3. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 80% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 4 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 22. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 85% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 3 · 81%Aug 11 · 13%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7624
Feb8020
Mar7327
Apr6337
May4753
Jun4456
Jul2575
Aug1585
Sep3169
Oct5149
Nov6733
Dec7426

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 June 10, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.47:046:28
Feb11.67:036:40
Mar11.96:496:44
Apr12.26:296:44
May12.56:176:49
Jun12.76:176:57
Jul12.66:247:01
Aug12.46:296:52
Sep12.16:296:33
Oct11.76:296:14
Nov11.56:386:06
Dec11.36:536:13

Sunny days

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

Siguiri averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 20 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around Oct 27 to Apr 29. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 1 sunny days — about 96% fewer than the January peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJan 3120 daysAug 181 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan19Bright
Feb19Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr13Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun7Gloomy
Jul2Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep4Gloomy
Oct10Mixed
Nov15Bright
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 Siguiri, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around April 13 to November 10. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 97% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 11 to April 12, and December is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 97% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 23 · 99%May 26 · 0%muggyoppressivecomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9631000
Feb9153100
Mar661313810
Apr1915263280
May12836530
Jun0007912
Jul0001981
Aug0001981
Sep0000982
Oct01210843
Nov31201719140
Dec9072100

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 Siguiri is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Nov 28 to Jun 22. The windiest month is February, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 23 to Nov 27, with October the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 5 · 10 km/hOct 13 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May9calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Siguiri

In seasonPeak

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

Siguiri's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Siguiri 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 Siguiri

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early November, Siguiri 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 Siguiri for general outdoor tourist activities is from late October to late January, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 3 · 5.0

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
Jan4.7fair
Feb3.1poor
Mar1.6poor
Apr1.1poor
May1.8poor
Jun2.9poor
Jul3.3poor
Aug3.3poor
Sep3.4poor
Oct3.7fair
Nov4.1fair
Dec4.6fair

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 Siguiri for hot-weather activities is from late October to mid February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 31 · 8.2

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 Siguiri, 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 April (highs near 38°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 April, Siguiri sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Siguiri 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 Siguiri peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 14Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in Siguiri

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
Aug86.5
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec6.53.5

Air quality in Siguiri 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 Siguiri is worst in March — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateModeratePoorMar 1351 µg/m³Aug 1611 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar52Poor
Apr47Poor
May25Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep15Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec41Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Siguiri 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. Siguiri banks about 6,476 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)
Jan493
Feb516
Mar648
Apr665
May645
Jun537
Jul500
Aug485
Sep480
Oct521
Nov500
Dec487

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.

Siguiri receives about 5.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.4 and 6.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around Jan 16 to Jun 19. The brightest month is March, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.5 kWh/m² — roughly 34% less than the March peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 156.8 kWhAug 144.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.8Bright
Feb6.3Intense
Mar6.7Intense
Apr6.7Intense
May6.4Intense
Jun5.8Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug4.4Bright
Sep5.0Bright
Oct5.6Bright
Nov5.8Bright
Dec5.6Bright

Where is Siguiri?

Siguiri sits at 11.4°N, 9.2°W, 368 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Kintinian, 31 km away.

KangabaMandianaYanfolilaKouroussaKankanSibiDinguiraye

Topography around Siguiri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Siguiri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 359 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m.

The land around Siguiri is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) within 3 km, grassland (33%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%), grassland (29%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
146 m
80 km
568 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Kintinian 31 km · Kangaba 100 km · Mandiana 103 km · Yanfolila 114 km · Kouroussa 116 km · Kankan 116 km · Sibi 139 km · Dinguiraye 169 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 Siguiri (11.4228°, -9.1685°, elevation 368 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).