Climate averages 1991–2020
Serekunda weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Serekunda: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banjul (11 km away). In October its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Serekunda, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Serekunda ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 3 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 3 cities is 30.1°C; Serekunda is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Banjul in OctoberGambia · 11 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Brikama in OctoberGambia · 19 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Kaolack in OctoberSenegal · 103 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in OctoberSenegal · 106 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Mbour in OctoberSenegal · 114 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Diourbel in OctoberSenegal · 142 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Thiès in OctoberSenegal · 153 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in OctoberSenegal · 153 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 35 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.