Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakar weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Dakar: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rufisque (19 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, 3.3°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 March highs and joint 11th of 16 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 16 cities is 33.8°C; Dakar is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Rufisque in MarchSenegal · 19 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in MarchSenegal · 52 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès in MarchSenegal · 57 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mbour in MarchSenegal · 60 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Tivaouane in MarchSenegal · 73 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Diourbel in MarchSenegal · 129 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kaolack in MarchSenegal · 160 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Serekunda in MarchGambia · 162 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.2 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.