Climate averages 1991–2020
Diourbel weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Diourbel: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 16 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 Mbaké (39 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Diourbel, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Diourbel ranks 5th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 30.7°C; Diourbel is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 124 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
Diourbel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 2.9 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 37.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 35.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 33.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 63 | 8.2 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 150 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 124 | 14.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 32.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 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
- Mbaké in AugustSenegal · 39 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Touba in AugustSenegal · 46 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Kaolack in AugustSenegal · 58 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AugustSenegal · 70 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 75 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AugustSenegal · 79 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Mbour in AugustSenegal · 81 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Louga in AugustSenegal · 108 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 94 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 Diourbel) is explained once on the Diourbel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.