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🇸🇱 Freetown’s climate twin is 🇮🇳 Kochi, India

very close match

Freetown, Sierra Leone and Kochi, India are a very close climate match — 9,791 km (6,084 mi) apart. Freetown is Köppen zone Am; Kochi is Am.

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What to expect

Looking outward from Freetown, the atlas lands on Kochi in the same tropical monsoon (Am) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. Freetown looks across roughly 9,791 km (6,084 mi) to Kochi: a distant mirror when you want this climate on the other side of the map.

For Freetown, this is a very close outward match — Kochi is among the tightest distant picks in the atlas. January means differ by 2°C (Kochi warmer); July by 1°C (Kochi warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Kochi is 40 mm drier in July.

Sunshine stays close: Kochi at 8.8 h/day on average versus 8.4 h/day in Freetown (January 10.9 h / 10.4 h, July 6.7 h / 6.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 25 µg/m³ in Kochi vs 20 in Freetown (higher by 5 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 21°C vs 21°C; July 24°C vs 22°C).

January & July climate

January & July · °C and mm

FreetownKochi
January
Temp
30° / 21°
32° / 23°
Rain
5 mm
10 mm
Dew
21°
21°
PM2.5
31.1 µg/m³
37.6 µg/m³
Sun
10.4 h
10.9 h
July
Temp
28° / 22°
29° / 23°
Rain
735 mm
695 mm
Dew
22°
24°
PM2.5
8.4 µg/m³
12.1 µg/m³
Sun
6.5 h
6.7 h

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Frequently asked questions

What place has a climate like Freetown?

On Similar Climates, Kochi, India is the closest distant match for Freetown, Sierra Leone — scored very close, about 9,791 km (6,084 mi) away.

How far is Freetown from its climate twin?

Freetown and Kochi are separated by roughly 9,791 km (6,084 mi) on the great-circle route.

Do Freetown and Kochi have their seasons at the same time?

Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.

Do Freetown and Kochi share a Köppen climate zone?

Yes — both are tropical monsoon (Am).

What is the climate like in Freetown?

Freetown has a tropical monsoon climate (Am). January averages a high of 30°C and a low of 21°C with 5 mm of rain; July averages 28°C / 22°C and 735 mm.

How sunny is Freetown?

Freetown averages about 10.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 6.5 hours in July.

What is the air quality like in Freetown?

January PM2.5 averages about 31.1 µg/m³ (US AQI 92); July averages 8.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 44).

Other close climate matches for Freetown: Chattogram (loose), Douala (loose), Manila (loose).

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