Climate averages 1991–2020
Louga weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Louga: daytime highs average 35.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (53 km away). In October its highs average 32.1°C, 3.6°C cooler than Louga, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Louga ranks 2nd of 16 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 33.2°C; Louga is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to under 1 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Saint-Louis in OctoberSenegal · 53 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Touba in OctoberSenegal · 92 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Tivaouane in OctoberSenegal · 98 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Mbaké in OctoberSenegal · 98 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Diourbel in OctoberSenegal · 108 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in OctoberSenegal · 109 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Thiès in OctoberSenegal · 119 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in OctoberSenegal · 122 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 35 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.