Kenema
City in Sierra Leone: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kenema: dorothy.voorhees, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kenema is a city in Sierra Leone, in Eastern Province. About 255,110 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Sierra Leone in our atlas.
It lies at 7.88° N, 11.19° W, about 182 m (597 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Freetown time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kenema. Green dots: other major cities of Sierra Leone. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kenema has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 34°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (66°F). Around 1,932 mm (76 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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 Sierra LeoneNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Bo · 61 km
- Koidu · 88 km
- Njala · 99 km
- Makeni · 146 km
- Lunsar · 173 km
- Port Loko · 201 km
- Waterloo · 213 km
- Freetown · 235 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2407790 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q634698 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kenema: dorothy.voorhees, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)