Climate averages 1991–2020
Rufisque weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Rufisque: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (19 km away). In July its highs average 28.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Rufisque, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Rufisque ranks 14th of 16 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 16 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 16 cities is 31.9°C; Rufisque is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Dakar in JulySenegal · 19 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JulySenegal · 34 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Thiès in JulySenegal · 38 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Mbour in JulySenegal · 47 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Tivaouane in JulySenegal · 56 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Diourbel in JulySenegal · 111 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Kaolack in JulySenegal · 144 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Mbaké in JulySenegal · 147 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 62 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.