Climate averages 1991–2020
Rufisque weather
in November.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Rufisque: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical November (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (19 km away). In November its highs average 30.1°C, 2.0°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 November highs and joint 4th of 16 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 16 cities is 33.8°C; Rufisque is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Dakar in NovemberSenegal · 19 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in NovemberSenegal · 34 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Thiès in NovemberSenegal · 38 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mbour in NovemberSenegal · 47 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Tivaouane in NovemberSenegal · 56 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Diourbel in NovemberSenegal · 111 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kaolack in NovemberSenegal · 144 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Mbaké in NovemberSenegal · 147 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.7 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.