Sunrise in Freetown today

Freetown lies at 8°N. In Freetown, day length ranges from 11h 38m in winter to 12h 37m in summer — a swing of about 0h 59m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Freetown today, at a bearing of 82°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 6 minutes later in Freetown than in Bo, 175 km to the east-southeast.

Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for Freetown.

The longest day in Freetown is around 12h 37m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 38m (around December 21).