Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziguinchor weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ziguinchor: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 391 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brikama (88 km away). In August its highs average 28.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ziguinchor, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Ziguinchor ranks 15th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 30.7°C; Ziguinchor is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 391 mm to 307 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Ziguinchor climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 51 | 7.1 | 12.913 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 277 | 23.4 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 391 | 27.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 307 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 128 | 18.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.411 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
August in nearby cities
- Brikama in AugustGambia · 88 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 279 mm rain
- Banjul in AugustGambia · 104 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Serekunda in AugustGambia · 106 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 246 mm rain
- Bissau in AugustGuinea-Bissau · 107 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 452 mm rain
- Kolda in AugustSenegal · 149 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 292 mm rain
- Kaolack in AugustSenegal · 177 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Mbour in AugustSenegal · 219 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Diourbel in AugustSenegal · 231 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 150 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 Ziguinchor) is explained once on the Ziguinchor year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.