Climate averages 1991–2020
Rufisque weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Rufisque: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (19 km away). In October its highs average 30.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Rufisque, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Rufisque ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 33.2°C; Rufisque is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dakar in OctoberSenegal · 19 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in OctoberSenegal · 34 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Thiès in OctoberSenegal · 38 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Mbour in OctoberSenegal · 47 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Tivaouane in OctoberSenegal · 56 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Diourbel in OctoberSenegal · 111 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Kaolack in OctoberSenegal · 144 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Mbaké in OctoberSenegal · 147 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 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.