The climate of Monrovia (Liberia)
The port of Monrovia is the capital of the West African country of
Liberia. The town, founded in the year 1822, nowadays counts well over
one million inhabitants inside the Greater Monrovia District, as the
metropolis is called. Thus Monrovia is by far the largest town of
Liberia and also in the field of finance, culture and politics by far
the most important town of the country. A large part of the activities
in Monrovia have to do with the harbour, which forms the most stable
economic factor of the town.
Monrovia has a tropical monsoon climate with a distinct monsoon period
(rainy season) beginning in the course of April and continuing till
into November. In the wettest months incidentally more than 1000-1200
millimeters of rain may fall. On an average ample five-thousand
millimeters of rain falls on a yearly basis (an average of more than
one year). The tropical climate is attended by little variation in
temperature. In the daytime the temperature is about 27-32 degrees and
at night the temperature drops till just a little above twenty
degrees.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Monrovia.
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
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