Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakar weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Dakar: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rufisque (19 km away). In July its highs average 29.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Dakar, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Dakar ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 16 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 16 cities is 31.9°C; Dakar is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Rufisque in JulySenegal · 19 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JulySenegal · 52 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Thiès in JulySenegal · 57 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Mbour in JulySenegal · 60 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Tivaouane in JulySenegal · 73 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Diourbel in JulySenegal · 129 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Kaolack in JulySenegal · 160 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Serekunda in JulyGambia · 162 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 118 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.