Climate guideThirty-year normals for Freetown
Freetown climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,360 mm179 wet days a year
8.49° N, 13.24° WElevation 38 mUTC+0 · Greenwich Mean Time
When to goFreetown · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low27° / 25°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Freetown has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is December, when afternoons average 28° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 25°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,360 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (852 mm, 30 wet days) and January the driest (8 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in January to 60% in August.
The sea reaches about 29° in November. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · December
- Coldest nights
- 25° · July
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 18% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · November
- Longest day
- 12 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 38 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 7 mm | 13 mm | 60 mm | 210 mm | 428 mm | 852 mm | 886 mm | 498 mm | 295 mm | 89 mm | 14 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 23 | 22.5 | 30.2 | 29.3 | 27 | 27.2 | 11.7 | 0.7 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 18% | 23% | 32% | 54% | 57% | 58% | 60% | 57% | 49% | 32% | 23% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 41 | 11h 51 | 12h 04 | 12h 19 | 12h 30 | 12h 37 | 12h 34 | 12h 24 | 12h 10 | 11h 57 | 11h 44 | 11h 38 |
| Month score | 91 | 92 | 89 | 77 | 46 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 61 | 87 |
ivMonth by month
Freetown in every month
January91
27° / 26°
8 mm · 0 wet days
February92
27° / 26°
7 mm · 0.3 wet days
March89
27° / 26°
13 mm · 1.3 wet day
April77
27° / 26°
60 mm · 5.8 wet days
May46
28° / 26°
210 mm · 23 wet days
June47
27° / 25°
428 mm · 22.5 wet days
July50
26° / 25°
852 mm · 30.2 wet days
August51
26° / 25°
886 mm · 29.3 wet days
September50
26° / 25°
498 mm · 27 wet days
October51
27° / 25°
295 mm · 27.2 wet days
November61
28° / 26°
89 mm · 11.7 wet days
December87
28° / 26°
14 mm · 0.7 wet day