Climate averages 1991–2020
Rufisque weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th 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 Rufisque: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.1 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 39 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (19 km away). In February its highs average 25.9°C, 3.2°C cooler than Rufisque, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Rufisque ranks 14th of 16 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 16 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 16 cities is 32.3°C; Rufisque is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.1 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
Rufisque climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 2.1 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February, selected | 29.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 28.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 34 | 5.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 129 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 97 | 11.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 25 | 3.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 30.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dakar in FebruarySenegal · 19 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in FebruarySenegal · 34 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Thiès in FebruarySenegal · 38 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Mbour in FebruarySenegal · 47 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Tivaouane in FebruarySenegal · 56 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Diourbel in FebruarySenegal · 111 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kaolack in FebruarySenegal · 144 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Mbaké in FebruarySenegal · 147 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.9 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 Rufisque) is explained once on the Rufisque year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.