Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakar weather
in June.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Dakar: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rufisque (19 km away). In June its highs average 29.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Dakar, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Dakar ranks 16th of 16 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 16 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 16 cities is 33.5°C; Dakar is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Rufisque in JuneSenegal · 19 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JuneSenegal · 52 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Thiès in JuneSenegal · 57 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Mbour in JuneSenegal · 60 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Tivaouane in JuneSenegal · 73 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Diourbel in JuneSenegal · 129 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Kaolack in JuneSenegal · 160 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Serekunda in JuneGambia · 162 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 9.0 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.