Climate averages 1991–2020
Praia weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Praia: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (653 km away). In October its highs average 30.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Praia, with 22 mm of rain.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 5.7 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Praia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.2 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| February | 25.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| March | 25.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 27.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.2 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 72 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 32 | 3.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 26.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 4.3 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Dakar in OctoberSenegal · 653 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Rufisque in OctoberSenegal · 671 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in OctoberSenegal · 704 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Mbour in OctoberSenegal · 707 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Thiès in OctoberSenegal · 708 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Tivaouane in OctoberSenegal · 720 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Serekunda in OctoberGambia · 755 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in OctoberSenegal · 762 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 13 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Praia) is explained once on the Praia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.