Freetown, Sierra Leone Air Quality
As of 9:19 AMAir quality index58Moderate
Acceptable for most people; unusually sensitive people should take it easier outdoors.
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Worst hour each day- Today63Moderate
- Sun 1873Moderate
- Mon 1971Moderate
- Tue 2089Moderate
- Wed 2196Moderate
From our air-quality forecast models (GEOS-CF / GEFS aerosols). AQI uses the US EPA scale.
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Freetown is in Sierra Leone at 8.49°, -13.24°. Right now it’s 26° and mostly cloudy; today’s high is 27° with a 85% chance of rain.
Sierra Leone has a tropical monsoon climate with one of the wettest rainy seasons in West Africa. Freetown, the capital, receives an extraordinary 3,600mm of rainfall annually, with August alone averaging over 800mm as the monsoon reaches peak intensity. The mountainous Freetown Peninsula, rising steeply from the Atlantic coast, forces moist maritime air upward and amplifies rainfall through orographic effects.
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