Climate averages 1991–2020
Banjul weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Banjul: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serekunda (11 km away). In July its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Banjul, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Banjul ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 3 cities is 29.2°C; Banjul is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 254 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Banjul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 12 | 2.1 | 12.913 h |
| July, selected | 29.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 130 | 14.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 254 | 23.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 190 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 56 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Serekunda in JulyGambia · 11 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Brikama in JulyGambia · 22 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Kaolack in JulySenegal · 95 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in JulySenegal · 104 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 277 mm rain
- Mbour in JulySenegal · 116 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Diourbel in JulySenegal · 138 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Thiès in JulySenegal · 153 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JulySenegal · 154 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 48 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 Banjul) is explained once on the Banjul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.