Koidu
City in Sierra Leone: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
KoiduStreet: Brian Harrington Spier, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Koidu is a city in Sierra Leone, in Eastern Province. About 128,030 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Sierra Leone in our atlas.
It lies at 8.64° N, 10.97° W, about 381 m (1,250 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Freetown time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Koidu. Green dots: other major cities of Sierra Leone. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Koidu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 18°C (65°F). Around 2,024 mm (80 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
- Kenema · 88 km
- Bo · 113 km
- Makeni · 121 km
- Njala · 123 km
- Lunsar · 172 km
- Port Loko · 200 km
- Waterloo · 233 km
- Freetown · 249 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2407656 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1002580 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- KoiduStreet: Brian Harrington Spier, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)