Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Senegal.

ClimaNote covers 16 cities in Senegal, starting with Dakar, Touba and Thiès. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 27.7°C in Dakar to 35.9°C in Tambacounda, and yearly rainfall from 140 mm in Saint-Louis to 1,175 mm in Ziguinchor. The hottest city-month is April in Tambacounda, with an average high of 41.0°C, and the coolest is April in Dakar, at 25.3°C. By single month, the most rain falls in August in Ziguinchor, with 391 mm.

April is the warmest month in 5 cities, November in 5, October in 2 and May in 1 (in 3 other cities two or more months tie); August is the coolest in 7 cities, January in 6 and April in 2 (in 1 other city two or more months tie). August is the wettest month in every city; April is the driest in 12 cities, March in 2 and May in 2. Of these cities, all have a month with under 1 mm of rain and 1 has a month with more than 300 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C.