Sierra Leone Hotel - Lungi Airport Hotel, Freetown

GEOGRAPHY of Sierra Leone

Roughly circular in shape, Sierra Leone has an area of almost 30,000 square miles.  Located on the West African coast, the country is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

Three topographical regions run northwest to southwest, roughly parallel to the coast; a belt of mangrove swamps and white sand beaches, an area of low plains covered with secondary forest and cultivated land and a region of high plateaux and mountains to the east, whilst the mountainous peninsula on which Freetown is located makes up the fourth distinct geographical region.

Sierra Leone is of tropical climate with a rainy season from May until October, the balance of the year representing the dry season. The beginning and end of the rainy season is marked by strong thunderous storms. Sierra Leone has an average year round temperature of 80 degrees.

Freetown’s high humidity is somewhat relieved from November until February by the famous Harmattan, a gentle wind flowing down from the Sahara Desert affording Freetown its coolest period of the year.