Climate averages 1991–2020
Freetown weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Freetown: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conakry (127 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, 2.4°C warmer than Freetown, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Freetown ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 32.7°C; Freetown is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.7 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Conakry in MarchGuinea · 127 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Makeni in MarchSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Manéah in MarchGuinea · 140 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Dubréka in MarchGuinea · 148 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Bo in MarchSierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Kindia in MarchGuinea · 179 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Kenema in MarchSierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Mamou in MarchGuinea · 245 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 11 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.