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Best time to visit Freetown

January is the best time to visit Freetown for general sightseeing, with average highs of 28 °C and about 3 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly December to April.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking January comfort 73/100
A beach holiday February sea 27 °C
The least cloud January 39 % average cloud cover
The least rain February 7 mm
Warmth December 28 °C
Cooler weather August 26 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 January 73 28 °C 3 98
2 February 73 28 °C 2 99
3 March 73 28 °C 4 96
4 April 68 28 °C 8 88
5 December 66 28 °C 9 83
6 August 58 26 °C 29 73
7 July 58 26 °C 30 73
8 September 57 26 °C 29 73
9 October 54 27 °C 30 72
10 June 54 27 °C 30 72
11 November 52 28 °C 24 71
12 May 51 28 °C 25 72

For a beach holiday

February scores highest, with a sea temperature of 27 °C and air temperatures around 28 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 28 °C 28 °C 39 % 98
February 27 °C 28 °C 39 % 99
March 27 °C 28 °C 48 % 96
April 28 °C 28 °C 59 % 88
May 28 °C 28 °C 79 % 72
June 28 °C 27 °C 85 % 72
July 27 °C 26 °C 88 % 73
August 27 °C 26 °C 90 % 73
September 27 °C 26 °C 88 % 73
October 28 °C 27 °C 80 % 72
November 29 °C 28 °C 63 % 71
December 29 °C 28 °C 45 % 83

When to think twice

May scores lowest with about 25 wet days and highs near 28 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 28.0 °C 13 mm 39 %
February 27.7 °C 7 mm 39 %
March 27.7 °C 18 mm 48 %
April 27.9 °C 46 mm 59 %
May 28.0 °C 236 mm 79 %
June 27.2 °C 424 mm 85 %
July 26.2 °C 598 mm 88 %
August 25.9 °C 691 mm 90 %
September 26.5 °C 495 mm 88 %
October 27.3 °C 297 mm 80 %
November 27.9 °C 144 mm 63 %
December 28.2 °C 36 mm 45 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.