Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziguinchor weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ziguinchor: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brikama (88 km away). In January its highs average 30.6°C, 2.8°C cooler than Ziguinchor, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Ziguinchor ranks 3rd of 16 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 16 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 16 cities is 30.9°C; Ziguinchor is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Brikama in JanuaryGambia · 88 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Banjul in JanuaryGambia · 104 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Serekunda in JanuaryGambia · 106 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Bissau in JanuaryGuinea-Bissau · 107 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kolda in JanuarySenegal · 149 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kaolack in JanuarySenegal · 177 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Mbour in JanuarySenegal · 219 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Diourbel in JanuarySenegal · 231 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.9 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.