Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbour weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mbour: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thiès Nones (40 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Mbour, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Mbour ranks joint 13th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 30.7°C; Mbour is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 154 mm to 111 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
Mbour climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 50 | 7.2 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 154 | 15.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 111 | 14.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 31 | 4.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 33.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 31.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.311 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
- Thiès Nones in AugustSenegal · 40 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 41 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Rufisque in AugustSenegal · 47 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Dakar in AugustSenegal · 60 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AugustSenegal · 61 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Diourbel in AugustSenegal · 81 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Kaolack in AugustSenegal · 101 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Serekunda in AugustGambia · 114 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 246 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 Mbour) is explained once on the Mbour year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.