Climate averages 1991–2020
Louga weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Louga: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (53 km away). In February its highs average 27.4°C, 5.7°C cooler than Louga, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Louga ranks 8th of 16 for the warmest February highs and joint 15th of 16 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 16 cities is 32.3°C; Louga is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.6 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Saint-Louis in FebruarySenegal · 53 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Touba in FebruarySenegal · 92 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Tivaouane in FebruarySenegal · 98 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Mbaké in FebruarySenegal · 98 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Diourbel in FebruarySenegal · 108 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in FebruarySenegal · 109 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Thiès in FebruarySenegal · 119 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in FebruarySenegal · 122 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.4 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.