Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaolack weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kaolack: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Diourbel (58 km away). In December its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Kaolack, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Kaolack ranks joint 4th of 16 for the warmest December highs and joint 15th of 16 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 16 cities is 31.9°C; Kaolack is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 2.3 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Diourbel in DecemberSenegal · 58 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Mbaké in DecemberSenegal · 73 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Touba in DecemberSenegal · 82 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Banjul in DecemberGambia · 95 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Mbour in DecemberSenegal · 101 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Serekunda in DecemberGambia · 103 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Thiès in DecemberSenegal · 116 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Brikama in DecemberGambia · 116 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.9 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.