Climate averages 1991–2020
Serekunda weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Serekunda: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banjul (11 km away). In December its highs average 30.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Serekunda, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Serekunda ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 30.4°C; Serekunda is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.5 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Banjul in DecemberGambia · 11 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Brikama in DecemberGambia · 19 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Kaolack in DecemberSenegal · 103 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in DecemberSenegal · 106 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Mbour in DecemberSenegal · 114 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Diourbel in DecemberSenegal · 142 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Thiès in DecemberSenegal · 153 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in DecemberSenegal · 153 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 1.4 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 Serekunda) is explained once on the Serekunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.