Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolda weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Kolda: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bissau (135 km away). In April its highs average 34.8°C, 4.3°C cooler than Kolda, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Kolda ranks 2nd of 16 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 16 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 16 cities is 34.2°C; Kolda is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.0 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kolda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 39.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 44 | 7.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 204 | 21.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 292 | 26.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 211 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 64 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 4.5 | 1.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.411 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
April in nearby cities
- Bissau in AprilGuinea-Bissau · 135 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in AprilSenegal · 149 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Tambacounda in AprilSenegal · 169 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kaolack in AprilSenegal · 186 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Banjul in AprilGambia · 188 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Brikama in AprilGambia · 190 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Serekunda in AprilGambia · 198 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Mbaké in AprilSenegal · 235 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.1 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 Kolda) is explained once on the Kolda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.