Climate averages 1991–2020
Rufisque weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Rufisque: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (19 km away). In January its highs average 26.3°C, 2.8°C cooler than Rufisque, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Rufisque ranks 14th of 16 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 16 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 16 cities is 30.9°C; Rufisque is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.1 mm to 1.1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 29.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 2.1 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dakar in JanuarySenegal · 19 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JanuarySenegal · 34 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Thiès in JanuarySenegal · 38 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Mbour in JanuarySenegal · 47 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Tivaouane in JanuarySenegal · 56 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Diourbel in JanuarySenegal · 111 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Kaolack in JanuarySenegal · 144 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Mbaké in JanuarySenegal · 147 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 3.4 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.