Freetown weather
The forecast for Freetown (Sierra Leone) for the next 10 days in local time: every 3 hours for the first 6 days, then every 6 hours. See when it will rain, how hard the wind will blow and how warm it will get.
Western Area, Sierra Leone8.49°N, 13.24°WAfrica/Freetown (UTC+0)ECMWF: October 25 at 12:00 PM
A real measurement from an airport weather station (NOAA, METAR reports), updated every hour. The forecast next to it comes from a model. NOAA Aviation Weather Center
Next 48 hours (local time)
10-day forecast
- TodayOctober 25Mostly clear
gusts 19 km/h28°C 28°C - TomorrowOctober 26Rain
4 mm · gusts 25 km/h28°C 26°C - TuesdayOctober 27Light rain
3 mm · gusts 23 km/h28°C 26°C - WednesdayOctober 28Light rain
3 mm · gusts 23 km/h28°C 26°C - ThursdayOctober 29Rain
14 mm · gusts 18 km/h28°C 26°C - FridayOctober 30Rain
4 mm · gusts 12 km/h28°C 25°C - SaturdayOctober 31Rain
9 mm · gusts 22 km/h28°C 24°C - SundayNovember 1Light rain
4 mm · gusts 25 km/h29°C 26°C - MondayNovember 2Light rain
5 mm · gusts 22 km/h29°C 26°C - TuesdayNovember 3Light rain
6 mm · gusts 28 km/h28°C 25°C - WednesdayNovember 4Cloudy
5 mm · gusts 32 km/h28°C 25°C
Over the next 11 days in Freetown, temperatures will range from 24°C to 29°C, with 56 mm of rain or snow in total. Days with at least 1 mm of precipitation: 10. ECMWF model run from October 25 at 12:00 PM.
Freetown wind forecast for 10 days
Windiest: Tuesday, November 3 - average 7 km/h, gusts up to 28 km/h. Calmest: Monday, November 2 - average 5 km/h. The wind blows most often from the west.
| Day | Wind | Gusts | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 11 km/h | 19 km/h | west |
| Tomorrow | 10 km/h | 25 km/h | west |
| Tue, 10/27 | 8 km/h | 23 km/h | southwest |
| Wed, 10/28 | 7 km/h | 23 km/h | southwest |
| Thu, 10/29 | 7 km/h | 18 km/h | northwest |
| Fri, 10/30 | 7 km/h | 12 km/h | southeast |
| Sat, 10/31 | 10 km/h | 22 km/h | east |
| Sun, 11/1 | 9 km/h | 25 km/h | east |
| Mon, 11/2 | 5 km/h | 22 km/h | north |
| Tue, 11/3 | 7 km/h | 28 km/h | south |
Climate through the year
In October, daytime temperatures here average 28°C and nights 24°C, with about 187 mm of rain over the month. The sea is around 27°C at that time. The warmest month is April (an average of 31°C by day), the coolest is August (27°C by day, 24°C at night). The wettest month is August (about 699 mm), while January is almost completely dry. The sea temperature ranges from about 26°C in August to 29°C in April.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°C | 22°C | 1 mm | 26°C |
| February | 30°C | 23°C | 2 mm | 27°C |
| March | 31°C | 24°C | 2 mm | 28°C |
| April | 31°C | 25°C | 25 mm | 29°C |
| May | 30°C | 25°C | 135 mm | 28°C |
| June | 28°C | 24°C | 398 mm | 27°C |
| July | 27°C | 24°C | 644 mm | 26°C |
| August | 27°C | 24°C | 699 mm | 26°C |
| September | 27°C | 24°C | 400 mm | 26°C |
| October | 28°C | 24°C | 187 mm | 27°C |
| November | 29°C | 24°C | 72 mm | 27°C |
| December | 29°C | 23°C | 4 mm | 26°C |
Long-term averages from NASA POWER data (MERRA-2, 2001-2020 reanalysis, CC BY 4.0). Sea temperature is the average water surface temperature at the nearest grid point over the sea. This is climate, not a forecast for a specific day. NASA POWER
The forecast for Freetown comes from the ECMWF model and is computed for the point 8.49°N, 13.24°W. Temperature is measured 2 m above the ground, wind at 10 m. Gusts are the strongest bursts of wind within each 3-hour period.
Source: ECMWF IFS model (CC BY 4.0), data modified. A forecast is a model result, not a measurement. ECMWF