Climate averages 1991–2020
Brikama weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Brikama: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serekunda (19 km away). In October its highs average 29.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Brikama, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Brikama ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 3 cities is 30.1°C; Brikama is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 1.8 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Serekunda in OctoberGambia · 19 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Banjul in OctoberGambia · 22 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in OctoberSenegal · 88 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Kaolack in OctoberSenegal · 116 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Mbour in OctoberSenegal · 132 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Diourbel in OctoberSenegal · 159 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Thiès in OctoberSenegal · 171 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in OctoberSenegal · 172 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 35 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.