Climate averages 1991–2020
Brikama weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Brikama: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serekunda (19 km away). In September its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Brikama, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Brikama ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 3 cities is 29.1°C; Brikama is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 55 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Serekunda in SeptemberGambia · 19 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Banjul in SeptemberGambia · 22 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in SeptemberSenegal · 88 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 307 mm rain
- Kaolack in SeptemberSenegal · 116 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 147 mm rain
- Mbour in SeptemberSenegal · 132 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Diourbel in SeptemberSenegal · 159 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Thiès in SeptemberSenegal · 171 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in SeptemberSenegal · 172 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 120 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.