Climate averages 1991–2020
Praia weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Praia: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (653 km away). In September its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Praia, with 82 mm of rain.
From September to October, average highs stay level at 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 72 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 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
September in nearby cities
- Dakar in SeptemberSenegal · 653 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Rufisque in SeptemberSenegal · 671 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in SeptemberSenegal · 704 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Mbour in SeptemberSenegal · 707 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Thiès in SeptemberSenegal · 708 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Tivaouane in SeptemberSenegal · 720 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Serekunda in SeptemberGambia · 755 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in SeptemberSenegal · 762 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 52 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.