Climate averages 1991–2020
Freetown weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Freetown: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conakry (127 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, 1.6°C warmer than Freetown, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Freetown ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 30.2°C; Freetown is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 9.9 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Freetown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 9.9 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 6.0 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 8.7 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 21 | 5.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 27.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 159 | 21.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 27.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 397 | 29.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 26.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 683 | 30.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 25.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 751 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 479 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 232 | 28.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 98 | 20.6 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 28.1°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 27 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Conakry in DecemberGuinea · 127 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Makeni in DecemberSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Manéah in DecemberGuinea · 140 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Dubréka in DecemberGuinea · 148 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Bo in DecemberSierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Kindia in DecemberGuinea · 179 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kenema in DecemberSierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Mamou in DecemberGuinea · 245 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Freetown) is explained once on the Freetown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.