Weather in Conakry

On this site the months that score closest to a 22°C day, lighter rain, and moderate humidity are December, January, and February. Conakry is in Guinea at 9.5°N. The 2001–2020 NASA POWER daily record describes a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

January is the warmest month (average 27.9°C, high 30.8°C) and August is the coolest (average 26.0°C, low 25.3°C). Rain is the monsoon runs from May to October, inside an annual total of 2897 mm. The wettest month is August at 943 mm; the driest is January at 0 mm.

Monsoon and dry months

The monsoon in Conakry starts in May and ends in October (May, June, July, August, September, and October). August is the core of it at 943 mm. January is the other extreme, with 0 mm.

A rainy day here is a day with at least 1 mm in the NASA POWER series. August averages 31 such days; January averages 0.

Temperature through the year

The heat peaks in January, when the typical afternoon is 30.8°C. The opposite pole is August, when mornings average 25.3°C.

Mean high across all twelve months is 29.0°C and mean low is 25.7°C. These are 20-year grid averages, so a city station can read a few degrees warmer or cooler.

The calendar in Conakry

January is the warmest month. Afternoon highs average 30.8°C and nights settle near 25.0°C, with 0 mm of rain. May is when the monsoon typically starts in Conakry: highs near 29.4°C, and rainfall jumps to 90 mm (11 rainy days). June brings 353 mm and 25 rainy days; temperatures run from 26.1°C to 28.1°C. July stands apart from the months beside it: 27.1°C / 25.6°C and 826 mm. The year bottoms out in August. Plan for 25.3°C at night and 26.6°C in the afternoon.

In September, Conakry averages 27.2°C by day and 25.5°C at night, with 441 mm of rain. October closes the monsoon: 173 mm over 22 rainy days, then the calendar dries. November: 29.1°C high, 26.4°C low, 53 mm rain, 78% humidity. December stands apart from the months beside it: 30.3°C / 25.6°C and 3 mm.

Best months to visit Conakry

The three months with the highest comfort score are December, January, and February: December (27.9°C average, 3 mm, 68% humidity); January (27.9°C average, 0 mm, 66% humidity); February (27.9°C average, 2 mm, 71% humidity). Those months sit across the year end, so they are listed in season order rather than January-to-December. The score rewards averages near 22°C, lower rainfall, and humidity near 60%. It is a climate score, not a festival or price calendar.

If you want the monsoon itself — fewer crowds, greener landscape, heavier rain — aim at May–October instead of the score.

How Conakry compares inside Guinea

Conakry is the only Guinea city in this dataset, so the figures on this page are the national sample we publish. They still come from the same NASA POWER daily series (2001–2020) used everywhere else on the site.