Africa · Western Africa
Sierra Leone
One city in the atlas · one airport with scheduled flights
Photo: David Hond · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Freetown
- Currency
- SLE
- Sierra Leonean Leone
- Local time
- Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +232
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Sierra Leone in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Freetown
- Currency
- Sierra Leonean Leone SLEToday's indicative rate: SLE 10 ≈ USD 0.411Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: EnglishSpoken: English, Mende and Timne
- Time zones
- Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +232
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 019police999ambulance and fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 8,819,794 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 71,740 km²
- Internet domain
- .sl
When to go
Climate across Sierra Leone
On these averages, Freetown has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to May.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Cities
Cities in Sierra Leone
The one place in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Sierra Leone
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Sierra Leone
Tell us where in Sierra Leone, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.