Climate averages 1991–2020
Freetown weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Freetown: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conakry (127 km away). In January its highs average 29.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Freetown, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Freetown ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 31.9°C; Freetown is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.9 mm to 6.0 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Conakry in JanuaryGuinea · 127 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Makeni in JanuarySierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Manéah in JanuaryGuinea · 140 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Dubréka in JanuaryGuinea · 148 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Bo in JanuarySierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Kindia in JanuaryGuinea · 179 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Kenema in JanuarySierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Mamou in JanuaryGuinea · 245 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.0 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.