Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolda 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 Kolda: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 292 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bissau (135 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kolda, with 452 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Kolda ranks 12th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 30.7°C; Kolda is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 292 mm to 211 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Bissau in AugustGuinea-Bissau · 135 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 452 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in AugustSenegal · 149 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 391 mm rain
- Tambacounda in AugustSenegal · 169 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 197 mm rain
- Kaolack in AugustSenegal · 186 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Banjul in AugustGambia · 188 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Brikama in AugustGambia · 190 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Serekunda in AugustGambia · 198 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 246 mm rain
- Mbaké in AugustSenegal · 235 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 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.