Climate averages 1991–2020
Serekunda weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Serekunda: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banjul (11 km away). In July its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Serekunda, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Serekunda ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 3 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 3 cities is 29.2°C; Serekunda is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 246 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Banjul in JulyGambia · 11 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Brikama in JulyGambia · 19 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Kaolack in JulySenegal · 103 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in JulySenegal · 106 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 277 mm rain
- Mbour in JulySenegal · 114 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Diourbel in JulySenegal · 142 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Thiès in JulySenegal · 153 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JulySenegal · 153 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 48 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.