Climate averages 1991–2020
Freetown weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Freetown: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conakry (127 km away). In February its highs average 29.8°C, 2.3°C warmer than Freetown, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Freetown ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 33.0°C; Freetown is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.0 mm to 8.7 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Conakry in FebruaryGuinea · 127 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Makeni in FebruarySierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Manéah in FebruaryGuinea · 140 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Dubréka in FebruaryGuinea · 148 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Bo in FebruarySierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Kindia in FebruaryGuinea · 179 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Kenema in FebruarySierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Mamou in FebruaryGuinea · 245 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.3 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.