Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolda weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kolda: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bissau (135 km away). In October its highs average 30.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kolda, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Kolda ranks 14th of 16 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 33.2°C; Kolda is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 4.5 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bissau in OctoberGuinea-Bissau · 135 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in OctoberSenegal · 149 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Tambacounda in OctoberSenegal · 169 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Kaolack in OctoberSenegal · 186 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Banjul in OctoberGambia · 188 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Brikama in OctoberGambia · 190 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Serekunda in OctoberGambia · 198 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Mbaké in OctoberSenegal · 235 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 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.