Climate averages 1991–2020
Louga weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Louga: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (53 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Louga, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Louga ranks 2nd of 16 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 30.7°C; Louga is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 89 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Saint-Louis in AugustSenegal · 53 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Touba in AugustSenegal · 92 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AugustSenegal · 98 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Mbaké in AugustSenegal · 98 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Diourbel in AugustSenegal · 108 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in AugustSenegal · 109 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 119 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AugustSenegal · 122 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°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 Louga) is explained once on the Louga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.