Kankan
City in Guinea: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Kankan is a city in Guinea, in Kankan Region. About 221,428 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Guinea in our atlas.
It lies at 10.39° N, 9.31° W, about 381 m (1,250 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Conakry time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kankan. Green dots: other major cities of Guinea. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kankan has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 38°C (101°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 16°C (61°F). Around 1,402 mm (55 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in GuineaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Siguiri · 116 km
- Nzérékoré · 297 km
- Kindia · 390 km
- Manéah · 455 km
- Dubréka · 465 km
- Dixinn · 486 km
- Conakry · 486 km
- Camayenne · 488 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2419992 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q874317 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
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