Freetown Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Freetown, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 31°C on May 1 to 30°C on May 31, and lows from 25°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 149 mm over about 16 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 30°C
Average low: 25°C
Precipitation: 149 mm
Reanalysis high: 35°CMay 2, 2004
Reanalysis low: 23°CMay 1, 1997
Daylight: 12 h 26 min to 12 h 35 min
Cloud cover: 72%
Humidity: 82%
Dew point: 24°C
Wind: 7.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	31°C	25°C	33°C 2004	23°C 1997	33%
May 2	31°C	25°C	35°C 2004	23°C 1997	34%
May 3	31°C	25°C	33°C 2003	24°C 2002	35%
May 4	31°C	25°C	33°C 2006	24°C 1997	36%
May 5	31°C	25°C	34°C 2019	24°C 2002	36%
May 6	31°C	25°C	33°C 2012	24°C 1999	36%
May 7	31°C	25°C	34°C 2008	24°C 1999	38%
May 8	31°C	25°C	34°C 1995	24°C 2009	38%
May 9	31°C	25°C	33°C 1995	24°C 1997	42%
May 10	31°C	26°C	33°C 2002	24°C 1999	44%
May 11	31°C	26°C	33°C 2019	24°C 1997	47%
May 12	31°C	26°C	33°C 2004	24°C 1997	50%
May 13	31°C	26°C	34°C 2018	24°C 1997	52%
May 14	30°C	25°C	34°C 2000	24°C 1991	53%
May 15	30°C	25°C	33°C 2003	24°C 1991	55%
May 16	30°C	25°C	34°C 2009	24°C 1991	56%
May 17	30°C	25°C	33°C 1998	24°C 1991	57%
May 18	30°C	25°C	33°C 2002	24°C 1999	59%
May 19	30°C	25°C	33°C 2010	24°C 1992	59%
May 20	30°C	25°C	33°C 1998	24°C 1991	60%
May 21	30°C	25°C	34°C 2009	24°C 1997	60%
May 22	30°C	25°C	33°C 2018	24°C 1992	60%
May 23	30°C	25°C	32°C 2002	24°C 2014	61%
May 24	30°C	25°C	33°C 1998	23°C 2015	60%
May 25	30°C	25°C	33°C 1998	24°C 1992	61%
May 26	30°C	25°C	32°C 2009	24°C 2004	60%
May 27	30°C	25°C	33°C 2009	24°C 1992	60%
May 28	30°C	25°C	32°C 2003	23°C 2006	61%
May 29	30°C	25°C	33°C 2004	24°C 2013	61%
May 30	30°C	25°C	33°C 2009	24°C 1992	62%
May 31	30°C	25°C	32°C 2010	24°C 1992	64%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

May 1: sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 7:03 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:33 AM, sunset 7:08 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.