Loma Mountains · Sierra LeoneSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Bintumani

1,945 mUltra-prominent peak

Elevation1,945 mabove sea level

Prominence1,665 mindependent height

Isolation–to a higher summit

Summit, Jul21°average high

9.22° N, 11.12° WElevation 1,945 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time

From the valley to the top

Summit1,945 m
Mid-mountain1,350 m
Valley745 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Bintumani in brief

Mount Bintumani rises to 1,945 m in the Loma Mountains, Sierra Leone. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 1,665 m, which makes it an ultra-prominent peak.

At the summit, February is the mildest month with average highs of 28°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

Facts

Elevation: 1,945 m · 6,381 ft
Prominence: 1,665 m
Range: Loma Mountains
Country: Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 9.2250, -11.1167
Nearest airport: Lungi International Airport (FNA) · 238 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Mount Bintumani by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Mount Bintumani by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	27°	28°	28°	27°	25°	23°	21°	21°	22°	23°	24°	25°
Average low	13°	15°	16°	17°	17°	16°	15°	15°	15°	16°	16°	14°
Precipitation	8 mm	15 mm	52 mm	172 mm	321 mm	399 mm	419 mm	501 mm	472 mm	441 mm	89 mm	12 mm
Cloud cover	19%	21%	31%	49%	66%	66%	74%	79%	69%	63%	42%	25%
Daylight	11h 38	11h 50	12h 04	12h 20	12h 33	12h 39	12h 37	12h 26	12h 11	11h 56	11h 42	11h 35
Month score	91	83	73	52	52	52	49	47	51	53	71	96

Snow and freezing level

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	5,000 m	5,200 m	5,350 m	5,300 m	5,150 m	4,950 m	4,750 m	4,750 m	4,800 m	4,900 m	5,000 m	4,950 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain