Kankan

GUXD · Kankan, Guinea

Climate Kankan 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Modibo Keita International Airport (GABS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.7 77 99 94 100 73
February 86.4 90 87 85 83 90
March 88.7 85 98 73 86 100
April 94.8 94 99 98 95 93
May 96.6 99 96 90 91 100
June 96.7 99 97 95 98 97
July 82.8 72 90 73 81 80
August 70.0 52 86 67 78 65
September 84.8 73 90 83 89 75
October 89.8 87 86 90 97 91
November 92.0 86 89 99 99
December 92.1 85 97 99 99
Average 88.4 82.6 91.5 85.5 91.2 88.2

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.9 95 100 99 100 90
February 94.9 98 91 97 87 93
March 94.8 93 100 90 97 100
April 97.4 97 100 100 99 96
May 98.4 99 100 96 94 100
June 99.2 100 99 99 99 99
July 98.6 98 99 99 99 99
August 98.1 96 97 99 99 99
September 98.7 97 98 98 99 99
October 97.0 98 89 99 100 100
November 96.4 93 96 100 100
December 96.2 91 100 100 100
Average 97.3 96.9 96.3 97.5 97.7 97.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.3 35 34 33 35 32
February 35.9 37 37 35 36 36
March 38.6 40 39 38 38 39
April 39.7 41 40 40 40 39
May 38.2 40 37 39 38 39
June 35.2 36 35 35 36 35
July 31.8 31 33 32 32 31
August 30.5 31 31 30 31 30
September 32.0 32 33 31 33 32
October 34.7 34 35 34 35 35
November 35.6 37 35 36 35
December 33.8 34 34 35 35
Average 35.0 35.6 35.3 34.5 35.3 34.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.5 18 18 17 19 18
February 20.8 21 21 20 20 21
March 23.3 26 22 22 25 24
April 26.0 28 25 26 25 27
May 25.8 27 24 25 26 27
June 24.2 25 24 24 24 24
July 22.9 23 24 23 23 23
August 22.3 23 21 23 22 22
September 22.3 22 23 22 23 22
October 22.1 22 23 22 23 21
November 18.9 20 17 20 18
December 17.4 17 18 18 18
Average 22.1 23.5 21.7 21.6 22.3 21.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.3 1 0 0 0 1
May 0.9 1 1 2 2 1
June 0.8 1 1 3 1 0
July 2.3 4 1 3 2 2
August 6.9 8 9 6 6 7
September 1.9 3 0 4 1 3
October 0.4 0 1 0 1 1
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 1.2 1.6 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 7 7 8 8 8
February 7.6 8 7 8 7 9
March 7.0 7 6 6 7 7
April 7.2 7 7 7 7 8
May 6.8 7 6 7 6 7
June 6.3 6 6 6 6 6
July 5.7 6 6 6 6 6
August 5.8 6 6 6 5 5
September 4.8 5 5 4 4 5
October 4.9 5 5 5 5 5
November 6.6 6 7 7 7
December 7.4 8 6 7 7
Average 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 060° 054° 063° 055° 057°
February 055° 068° 054° 056° 067°
March 056° 057° 051° 059° 038°
April 118° 078° 053° 168° 060°
May 217° 215° 214° 226° 215°
June 230° 220° 220° 227° 228°
July 232° 225° 235° 238° 234°
August 244° 248° 251° 244° 243°
September 211° 221° 225° 213° 248°
October 151° 221° 101° 219° 075°
November 060° 064° 069° 066°
December 056° 067° 067° 063°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.