Freetown weather in July

Name: Freetown
Address: SL

In July, Freetown has daytime highs averaging 26 °C, nights around 24 °C, with 30 wet days, and a sea temperature of 27 °C. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

26.2°C Average high
23.8°C Average low
30days Wet days
598mm Rainfall
27.4°C Sea temperature
13h Daylight

Daily temperatures through July

Daily highDaily low Day of month on the horizontal axis. Highs peak at 26.6 °C and lows bottom out at 23.6 °C.

How July develops

Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.

Days	Avg high	Avg low	Chance of rain
1–10 July	26.4 °C	23.8 °C	98 %
11–20 July	26.3 °C	23.8 °C	96 %
21–31 July	26.0 °C	23.8 °C	95 %

Chance of a wet day (over 1 mm) by date in July. Wettest date over the 30 years: July 1, at 100 %. Single dates are noisy — read the shape, not the spikes.

What to expect

Measure	Typical July	Share of the month
Days above 25 °C	30 of 31	96 %
Days above 30 °C	0 of 31	0 %
Days below 0 °C	0 of 31	0 %
Days with more than 1 mm rain	30 of 31	96 %

Conditions in July

Measure	Average
Mean temperature	25 °C
Record high (1991–2020)	30 °C
Record low (1991–2020)	22 °C
Relative humidity	86 %
Wind speed	14 km/h
Cloud cover	88 %

Where Freetown ranks in July

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in July	13thof 50	27 °C

July compared with the months around it

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
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 %

See all twelve months for Freetown

July is the 11th warmest month here.
It is the 11th driest month of the year.
It ranks 11th for least cloud cover.
Days last about 13 hours from sunrise to sunset.
It rains on 30 of 31 days — 96 % of the month.
Nights are about 2.4 °C cooler than the middle of the day.
The hottest July day on record since 1991 reached 30 °C, 3.3 °C above the usual daytime high.
Beach score: 73 / 100 — see how this is calculated.

Nearby destinations in July

Destination	Avg high	Wet days	Sea
Freetown	26 °C	30	27
Conakry	27 °C	31	28
Manéah	27 °C	31	28
Dubréka	28 °C	31	28
Bo	28 °C	29	–
Kindia	27 °C	29	–
Kenema	27 °C	28	–
Monrovia	27 °C	27	27

QuestionsJuly in Freetown, answered

How warm is Freetown in July?

Daily highs average 26 °C and nights fall to about 24 °C, a spread of 2.4 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes July the 11th warmest month of the year here.

Does it rain much in Freetown in July?

July averages 598 mm of rain, spread over about 30 of the 31 days — 96 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 88 % of the sky.

Is the sea warm enough to swim in July?

The sea averages 27 °C off Freetown in July. Most people find water below 20 °C bracing and above 25 °C comfortable for a long swim; this figure is a monthly surface average, so a sheltered bay on a still afternoon can be warmer.

How long are the days in July?

Freetown averages 13 hours between sunrise and sunset in July. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. 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.