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Sunshine & Daylight Hours in Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Average hours of sunshine in Freetown range from 2h 17' for every day in August to 8h 11' for each day in March.
- The longest day of the year is 12h 30' long and the shortest day is 11h 29' long.
- The longest day is 1h 00' longer than the shortest day.
- There is an average of 2187 hours of sunlight per year (of a possible 4383) with an average of 5:59 of sunlight per day.
- It is sunny 49.9% of daylight hours. The remaining 50.1% of daylight hours are likely cloudy or with shade, haze or low sun intensity.
- At midday the sun is on average 74.2° above the horizon at Freetown.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 7h 48' | 7h 53' | 8h 11' | 7h 30' | 6h 30' | 4h 48' | 2h 54' | 2h 17' | 4h 00' | 6h 11' | 6h 42' | 7h 11' | 5h 59' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day | 11h 40' | 11h 50' | 12h 03' | 12h 18' | 12h 30' | 12h 36' | 12h 33' | 12h 23' | 12h 09' | 11h 55' | 11h 43' | 11h 37' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 68 (32) | 67 (33) | 69 (31) | 62 (38) | 53 (47) | 38 (62) | 23 (77) | 19 (81) | 33 (67) | 52 (48) | 58 (42) | 63 (37) | 50 (50) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 61.4 | 70.6 | 81.5 | 86.7 | 78.4 | 75.2 | 78.1 | 86.5 | 81.8 | 70.2 | 61.2 | 58 | 74.2 |