Climate averages 1991–2020
Louga weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Louga: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (53 km away). In September its highs average 30.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Louga, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Louga ranks 2nd of 16 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 16 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 16 cities is 31.1°C; Louga is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Saint-Louis in SeptemberSenegal · 53 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Touba in SeptemberSenegal · 92 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Tivaouane in SeptemberSenegal · 98 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Mbaké in SeptemberSenegal · 98 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Diourbel in SeptemberSenegal · 108 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in SeptemberSenegal · 109 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Thiès in SeptemberSenegal · 119 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in SeptemberSenegal · 122 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 120 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.