Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaolack weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: 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 Kaolack: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Diourbel (58 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kaolack, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Kaolack ranks 6th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 30.7°C; Kaolack is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 200 mm to 147 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
Kaolack climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.3 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| February | 34.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 35.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| July | 32.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 84 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 200 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 147 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| December | 32.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.1 | 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
- Diourbel in AugustSenegal · 58 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Mbaké in AugustSenegal · 73 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Touba in AugustSenegal · 82 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Banjul in AugustGambia · 95 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Mbour in AugustSenegal · 101 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Serekunda in AugustGambia · 103 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 246 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 116 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Brikama in AugustGambia · 116 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 279 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 Kaolack) is explained once on the Kaolack year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.