Manéah climate
Manéah is warmest in March, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. August is the wettest month (754 mm) and February the driest (1.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Manéah averages 2,580 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.
Guinea · population 194,297 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month March 33 °C
- Coldest month January 21 °C
- Driest month February 1 mm
- Wettest month August 754 mm
- Least cloud February 35 % cloud
- Hottest on record January 39 °C
- Coldest on record January 17 °C
- Warmest sea November 29 °C
What to expectManéah through the year
Manéah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in January to 33 °C in March, a swing of 3.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 191 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in January.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 754 mm against 1 mm in February — 504 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Manéah is warmest in November at 29 °C and coldest in August at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4 °C | 3 mm | 37 % |
| February | 32.9 °C | 1 mm | 35 % |
| March | 33.1 °C | 2 mm | 40 % |
| April | 32.8 °C | 8 mm | 49 % |
| May | 31.0 °C | 95 mm | 73 % |
| June | 28.7 °C | 317 mm | 86 % |
| July | 27.2 °C | 601 mm | 90 % |
| August | 26.8 °C | 754 mm | 93 % |
| September | 28.0 °C | 469 mm | 88 % |
| October | 29.1 °C | 223 mm | 79 % |
| November | 29.9 °C | 95 mm | 61 % |
| December | 31.1 °C | 11 mm | 46 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4 °C | 21.4 °C | 26.2 °C | 38.8 °C | 17.3 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| February | 32.9 °C | 22.1 °C | 26.6 °C | 38.0 °C | 18.8 °C | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| March | 33.1 °C | 23.2 °C | 27.2 °C | 38.4 °C | 18.5 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| April | 32.8 °C | 24.0 °C | 27.5 °C | 37.2 °C | 20.9 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| May | 31.0 °C | 24.5 °C | 27.1 °C | 35.5 °C | 21.8 °C | 31 | 22 | 0 |
| June | 28.7 °C | 23.7 °C | 25.7 °C | 32.5 °C | 21.5 °C | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 27.2 °C | 23.0 °C | 24.6 °C | 30.6 °C | 21.1 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 26.8 °C | 22.8 °C | 24.3 °C | 31.1 °C | 21.1 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 28.0 °C | 22.9 °C | 24.9 °C | 31.7 °C | 20.8 °C | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 29.1 °C | 23.1 °C | 25.5 °C | 33.0 °C | 21.7 °C | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 29.9 °C | 23.3 °C | 26.1 °C | 33.6 °C | 21.1 °C | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| December | 31.1 °C | 22.2 °C | 26.2 °C | 35.2 °C | 18.0 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 37 % | 71 % | 13 km/h | 27.5 °C |
| February | 1 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 35 % | 70 % | 15 km/h | 27.3 °C |
| March | 2 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 40 % | 70 % | 15 km/h | 27.2 °C |
| April | 8 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 49 % | 71 % | 15 km/h | 27.5 °C |
| May | 95 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 73 % | 80 % | 13 km/h | 28.0 °C |
| June | 317 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 86 % | 88 % | 11 km/h | 28.2 °C |
| July | 601 mm | 31 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 90 % | 12 km/h | 27.7 °C |
| August | 754 mm | 31 | 12 h/day | 93 % | 91 % | 13 km/h | 27.1 °C |
| September | 469 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 90 % | 11 km/h | 27.6 °C |
| October | 223 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 88 % | 10 km/h | 28.4 °C |
| November | 95 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 61 % | 87 % | 9.5 km/h | 29.1 °C |
| December | 11 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 46 % | 79 % | 11 km/h | 28.6 °C |
How Manéah compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manéah | 33 °C | 21 °C | 2,580 mm | 356 |
| Dubréka · Guinea | 34 °C | 22 °C | 2,561 mm | 359 |
| Conakry · Guinea | 30 °C | 23 °C | 2,710 mm | 360 |
| Kindia · Guinea | 36 °C | 20 °C | 1,716 mm | 349 |
| Freetown · Sierra Leone | 28 °C | 24 °C | 3,006 mm | 360 |
| Bo · Sierra Leone | 34 °C | 22 °C | 2,509 mm | 353 |
| Kenema · Sierra Leone | 34 °C | 22 °C | 2,287 mm | 352 |
Where Manéah ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November | 5thof 50 | 29 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December | 7thof 50 | 29 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in June | 8thof 50 | 28 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in July | 9thof 50 | 28 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in October | 9thof 50 | 28 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Africa year-round | 9thof 50 | 28 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Manéah.
QuestionsCommon questions about Manéah’s climate
When is the best time to visit Manéah?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Manéah get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 191 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Manéah?
August, averaging 754 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is February with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,580 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Manéah rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.