Climate averages 1991–2020
Serekunda weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Serekunda: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banjul (11 km away). In August its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Serekunda, with 254 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Serekunda ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 28.6°C; Serekunda is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 246 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Serekunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 9.0 | 1.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 28.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 118 | 13.4 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 246 | 22.2 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 174 | 18.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 49 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Banjul in AugustGambia · 11 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Brikama in AugustGambia · 19 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Kaolack in AugustSenegal · 103 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in AugustSenegal · 106 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 391 mm rain
- Mbour in AugustSenegal · 114 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Diourbel in AugustSenegal · 142 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 153 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AugustSenegal · 153 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 146 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 Serekunda) is explained once on the Serekunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.