Climate averages 1991–2020
Diourbel weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Diourbel: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbaké (39 km away). In September its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Diourbel, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Diourbel ranks 5th of 16 for the warmest September highs and 12th of 16 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 16 cities is 31.1°C; Diourbel is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 150 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mbaké in SeptemberSenegal · 39 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Touba in SeptemberSenegal · 46 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Kaolack in SeptemberSenegal · 58 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 147 mm rain
- Tivaouane in SeptemberSenegal · 70 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Thiès in SeptemberSenegal · 75 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in SeptemberSenegal · 79 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Mbour in SeptemberSenegal · 81 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Louga in SeptemberSenegal · 108 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 89 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.