Gbarnga
City in Liberia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Monrovia to Gbarnga highway: Jefferson Krua, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Gbarnga is a city in Liberia, in Bong County. About 86,031 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Liberia in our atlas.
It lies at 7.00° N, 9.47° W, about 253 m (830 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Monrovia time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Gbarnga. Green dots: other major cities of Liberia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Gbarnga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (66°F). Around 1,858 mm (73 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in LiberiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2277060 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q985291 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Monrovia to Gbarnga highway: Jefferson Krua, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)