Climate averages 1991–2020
Louga weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Louga: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (53 km away). In April its highs average 27.6°C, 8.2°C cooler than Louga, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Louga ranks 9th 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; Louga is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs stay level at 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Louga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.0 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 35.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 35.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 34.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 30 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 94 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 89 | 10.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 32.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11.211 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
- Saint-Louis in AprilSenegal · 53 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Touba in AprilSenegal · 92 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AprilSenegal · 98 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Mbaké in AprilSenegal · 98 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Diourbel in AprilSenegal · 108 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in AprilSenegal · 109 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Thiès in AprilSenegal · 119 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AprilSenegal · 122 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 0 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 Louga) is explained once on the Louga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.