Climate averages 1991–2020
Freetown weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Freetown: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 683 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conakry (127 km away). In July its highs average 26.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Freetown, with 777 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Freetown ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 5 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 5 cities is 27.2°C; Freetown is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 683 mm to 751 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Conakry in JulyGuinea · 127 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 777 mm rain
- Makeni in JulySierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 405 mm rain
- Manéah in JulyGuinea · 140 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 623 mm rain
- Dubréka in JulyGuinea · 148 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 623 mm rain
- Bo in JulySierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 396 mm rain
- Kindia in JulyGuinea · 179 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 403 mm rain
- Kenema in JulySierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 355 mm rain
- Mamou in JulyGuinea · 245 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 349 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.