Climate averages 1991–2020
Freetown weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Freetown: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes November a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conakry (127 km away). In November its highs average 29.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Freetown, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Sierra Leone, Freetown ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 29.0°C; Freetown is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Conakry in NovemberGuinea · 127 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Makeni in NovemberSierra Leone · 138 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Manéah in NovemberGuinea · 140 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Dubréka in NovemberGuinea · 148 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Bo in NovemberSierra Leone · 175 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Kindia in NovemberGuinea · 179 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Kenema in NovemberSierra Leone · 235 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Mamou in NovemberGuinea · 245 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 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.