Freetown (Lungi-Town) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · coastal city break · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Freetown (Lungi-Town) is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with February and March close behind. Freetown (Lungi-Town) averages about 2,196 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,196
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 2,569 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 827k
- Elevation
- 26 m
When is the best time to visit Freetown (Lungi-Town)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Freetown (Lungi-Town) is January, then February and March. The dullest month is June (64/100, 399 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Freetown (Lungi-Town)?
Freetown (Lungi-Town) gets a moderate 2,196 hours of sunshine a year. January (91/100) is noticeably better than June (64). It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Sierra Leone. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 68% of the year's 2,569 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 91 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 1 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| February | 91 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 91 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 87 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 25 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 67 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 135 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 64 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 399 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 64 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 644 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 64 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 699 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 64 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 400 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 64 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 187 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 79 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 71 mm | 8 | 31° / 88°F |
| December | 91 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 4 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Freetown (Lungi-Town) by month
The sea off Freetown (Lungi-Town) is warmest in May at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in July at 28°C / 82°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Conakry Guinea · 116 km · best in Jan · 2,463 h sun/yr
- Serekunda Gambia · 646 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Bamako Mali · 720 km · best in Dec · 3,087 h sun/yr
- Dakar Senegal · 795 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
- Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire · 1,089 km · best in Jan · 1,857 h sun/yr
- Nouakchott Mauritania · 1,119 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Monrovia Liberia · 410 km · 1,824 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bissau Guinea-Bissau · 453 km · 2,736 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Ziguinchor Senegal · 553 km · 2,861 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Cap Skirring Senegal · 572 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Apr
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