Koundara is a town in northwestern Guinea, near the borders of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.

The town is served by Sambailo Airport.

[1] Koundara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw), with the temperature being hot year round, and with a wet and dry season.

On 29 March 2017, Koundara recorded a temperature of 45.0 °C (113.0 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Guinea.

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