Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolda weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kolda: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bissau (135 km away). In July its highs average 28.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Kolda, with 352 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Kolda ranks joint 9th of 16 for the warmest July highs and 15th of 16 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 16 cities is 31.9°C; Kolda is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 204 mm to 292 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bissau in JulyGuinea-Bissau · 135 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 352 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in JulySenegal · 149 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 277 mm rain
- Tambacounda in JulySenegal · 169 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Kaolack in JulySenegal · 186 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Banjul in JulyGambia · 188 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Brikama in JulyGambia · 190 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Serekunda in JulyGambia · 198 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Mbaké in JulySenegal · 235 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 62 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.