Sierra Leone in March

Hot and dry; clear seas.

• Freetown Peninsula and coast · Freetown, River No. 2, Bureh, Banana Islands, Bonthebest weather

  One of the wettest capitals in the world: over 3 m of rain a year, most of it July–September, with floods and landslides.

• Eastern forest · Tiwai, Gola, Kenemahot

  Rainforest; trails and roads become hard in the rains.

• North and highlands · Makeni, Outamba-Kilimi, Loma Mountainshot

  Drier savanna; Harmattan haze in January; Mount Bintumani best Dec–Mar.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• International Women's Day

  8 Mar

  Public holiday — check.

• Good Friday and Easter Monday

  Mar–Apr (moves yearly)

  Public holidays; beaches busy.

• Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha

  Moves yearly (lunar)

  Public holidays.

Crowds · Sierra Leone

Low

Prices · Sierra Leone

Medium

• Light, breathable clothes, a sun hat and sunscreen

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Rated best or good this month

• Freetown Peninsula and coast

  Best weather of the year (Freetown, River No. 2, Bureh, Banana Islands, Bonthe)

• Freetown

  Dry, hot and humid.