Waterloo
City in Sierra Leone: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Waterloo is a city in Sierra Leone, in Western Area. About 55,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Sierra Leone in our atlas.
It lies at 8.34° N, 13.07° W, about 23 m (75 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Freetown time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Waterloo. Green dots: other major cities of Sierra Leone. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Waterloo has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (72°F). Around 2,569 mm (101 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
- Freetown · 24 km
- Port Loko · 57 km
- Lunsar · 70 km
- Njala · 117 km
- Makeni · 128 km
- Bo · 152 km
- Kenema · 213 km
- Koidu · 233 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2403094 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q623241 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.