Climate averages 1991–2020
Dakar weather
in November.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Dakar: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical November (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rufisque (19 km away). In November its highs average 32.1°C, 2.0°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 November highs and joint 1st of 16 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 16 cities is 33.8°C; Dakar is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Rufisque in NovemberSenegal · 19 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in NovemberSenegal · 52 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Thiès in NovemberSenegal · 57 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mbour in NovemberSenegal · 60 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Tivaouane in NovemberSenegal · 73 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Diourbel in NovemberSenegal · 129 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kaolack in NovemberSenegal · 160 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Serekunda in NovemberGambia · 162 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 1.3 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.