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Travel guide > Africa > Climate and weather of Guinea Bissau
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Guinea-Bissau has a tropical climate with a short rainy season and a long dry season.
Temperatures are stable throughout the year (30°). Rainfall range from 1 500 to 3000 mm per year. The sun shines 2 700 hours per year (four hours per day in August to ten hours per day in April).
Rainy season (June to October)
Temperatures range between 28 and 30° and rainfall is abundant especially in July and August (the rains are lower during the other months). Sunshine is low (four hours per day in August) because the sky is cloudy most of the time.
Dry season (November to May)
Temperatures range from 30 to 32° and rainfall is nonexistent. Sunshine is very high (ten hours per day in April).
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The climate of Guinea Bissau is pleasant during the following months :
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Average temperatures and rainfall
 Bafata
| Temp |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
max |
31° |
34° |
36° |
37° |
36° |
32° |
min |
23° |
26° |
27° |
28° |
28° |
27° |
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| Temp |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
max |
29° |
29° |
29° |
31° |
32° |
31° |
min |
26° |
26° |
26° |
27° |
26° |
24° |
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| Rain |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
jours |
... |
1 |
... |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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| Rain |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
jours |
6 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Bissau (Capital of Guinea Bissau)
| Temp |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
max |
31° |
33° |
33° |
33° |
33° |
31° |
min |
22° |
23° |
24° |
25° |
26° |
26° |
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| Temp |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
max |
29° |
29° |
30° |
31° |
32° |
31° |
min |
26° |
26° |
26° |
27° |
26° |
23° |
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| Rain |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
jours |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
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| Rain |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
jours |
11 |
13 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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Bolama
| Temp |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
max |
29° |
30° |
31° |
31° |
31° |
29° |
min |
23° |
24° |
25° |
26° |
27° |
27° |
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| Temp |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
max |
29° |
29° |
29° |
31° |
31° |
29° |
min |
26° |
26° |
27° |
27° |
26° |
23° |
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| Rain |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
jours |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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| Rain |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
jours |
11 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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Weather data (temperatures and precipitation) for Guinea Bissau are derived from monthly averages established over the last twenty years.
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Guinea Bissau, a country located in Western Africa, is bordered by Guinea to the east, by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and by Senegal to the north.
Capital: Bissau
Area: 36 000 km²
Population: 1 700 000 inhabitants
Language: Portuguese
Currency: CFA franc
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