Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakar weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Dakar: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rufisque (19 km away). In April its highs average 28.2°C, 2.8°C warmer than Dakar, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Dakar ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest April highs and joint 1st of 16 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 16 cities is 34.2°C; Dakar is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Dakar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 2.2 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 25.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 26.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 27 | 4.4 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 124 | 11.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 82 | 9.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 22 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Rufisque in AprilSenegal · 19 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AprilSenegal · 52 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Thiès in AprilSenegal · 57 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Mbour in AprilSenegal · 60 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AprilSenegal · 73 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Diourbel in AprilSenegal · 129 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Kaolack in AprilSenegal · 160 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Serekunda in AprilGambia · 162 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 0 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 Dakar) is explained once on the Dakar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.