Climate averages 1991–2020
Serekunda weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Serekunda: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes June a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banjul (11 km away). In June its highs average 29.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Serekunda, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Serekunda ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 3 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 3 cities is 29.8°C; Serekunda is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Banjul in JuneGambia · 11 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Brikama in JuneGambia · 19 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Kaolack in JuneSenegal · 103 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in JuneSenegal · 106 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Mbour in JuneSenegal · 114 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Diourbel in JuneSenegal · 142 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Thiès in JuneSenegal · 153 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JuneSenegal · 153 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 2.4 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.