Njala
City in Sierra Leone: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Njala is a city in Sierra Leone, in Southern Province. About 40,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Sierra Leone in our atlas.
It lies at 8.23° N, 12.02° W, about 67 m (220 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Freetown time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Njala. Green dots: other major cities of Sierra Leone. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Njala 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 20°C (68°F). Around 1,939 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.
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- Bo · 43 km
- Makeni · 73 km
- Lunsar · 76 km
- Kenema · 99 km
- Port Loko · 103 km
- Waterloo · 117 km
- Koidu · 123 km
- Freetown · 137 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2404837 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q11792572 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.