Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Louis weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Saint-Louis: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louga (53 km away). In October its highs average 35.6°C, 3.6°C warmer than Saint-Louis, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Saint-Louis ranks 11th of 16 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 33.2°C; Saint-Louis is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 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
Saint-Louis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 2.7 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| March | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 11 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| August | 30.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 57 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 30.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 52 | 7.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 32.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 13 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 28.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.211 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
- Louga in OctoberSenegal · 53 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in OctoberSenegal · 98 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Tivaouane in OctoberSenegal · 124 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Touba in OctoberSenegal · 144 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Thiès in OctoberSenegal · 144 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in OctoberSenegal · 146 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Mbaké in OctoberSenegal · 150 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Diourbel in OctoberSenegal · 155 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 29 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 Saint-Louis) is explained once on the Saint-Louis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.