Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakar weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Dakar: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rufisque (19 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Dakar, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Dakar ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 30.7°C; Dakar is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Rufisque in AugustSenegal · 19 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AugustSenegal · 52 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 57 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Mbour in AugustSenegal · 60 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AugustSenegal · 73 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Diourbel in AugustSenegal · 129 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Kaolack in AugustSenegal · 160 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Serekunda in AugustGambia · 162 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 246 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.