Guinea-Bissau
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Guinea-Bissau
Official name: | Republic of Guinea-Bissau |
Capital: | Bissau |
Area: | total: 36,120 sq km water: 8,120 sq km land: 28,000 sq km |
Climate: | tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds |
Location: | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal |
Geographic coordinates: | 12 00 N, 15 00 W |
Comparative Area: | slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut |
Land boundaries: | total: 724 km border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km |
Coastline: | 350 km |
Terrain: | mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m |
Map of Guinea-Bissau