Climate averages 1991–2020
Brikama weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Brikama: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes June a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serekunda (19 km away). In June its highs average 29.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Brikama, with 9.0 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Brikama ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest June highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 3 cities is 29.8°C; Brikama is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 153 mm.
The annual picture
June 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
Brikama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| June, selected | 30.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 153 | 15.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 279 | 23.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 196 | 19.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 55 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.512 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.411 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
June in nearby cities
- Serekunda in JuneGambia · 19 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Banjul in JuneGambia · 22 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in JuneSenegal · 88 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Kaolack in JuneSenegal · 116 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Mbour in JuneSenegal · 132 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Diourbel in JuneSenegal · 159 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Thiès in JuneSenegal · 171 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JuneSenegal · 172 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 2.4 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 Brikama) is explained once on the Brikama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.