Climate averages 1991–2020
Richard-Toll weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Richard-Toll: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (98 km away). In April its highs average 27.6°C, 10.0°C cooler than Richard-Toll, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Richard-Toll ranks joint 4th of 16 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 16 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 16 cities is 34.2°C; Richard-Toll is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 39.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Richard-Toll climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 3.7 | 0.3 | 11.311 h |
| February | 32.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 37.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 39.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.913 h |
| June | 38.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 13.113 h |
| July | 36.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 13.013 h |
| August | 34.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 59 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 55 | 8.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 16 | 2.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 32.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Saint-Louis in AprilSenegal · 98 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Louga in AprilSenegal · 109 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Touba in AprilSenegal · 179 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Nouakchott in AprilMauritania · 183 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mbaké in AprilSenegal · 187 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AprilSenegal · 206 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Diourbel in AprilSenegal · 210 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Thiès in AprilSenegal · 228 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0 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 Richard-Toll) is explained once on the Richard-Toll year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.