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Liberia Travel Information

Travel Alert Status

Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

Time Difference

UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Travel Climate

Liberia is so situated in the Tropics as to be directly in the path of the seasonal winds. From May through November, the prevailing monsoon winds drop most of the nearly 200 inches of rain received annually in the capital city of Monrovia. From December through April, the red, dust-laden harmattan winds originating over the Sahara Desert prevail. The transition periods between the seasons are punctuated by violent thunderstorms and sudden torrential downpours.


Temperatures average 81°F; humidity averages 82%. There is little variation over the course of the year. Precautions must be taken against mildew and rust caused by the heat, constant humidity, and the corrosive salt air of the coast.

Travel Currency

Liberian dollar (LRD)

Languages

English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence

Ethnic Groups

indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the US who had been slaves), Congo People 2.5% (

National Holiday

Independence Day, 26 July (1847)

Geographic Coordinates

6 30 N, 9 30 W

Location

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

Airports

2

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