Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziguinchor weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ziguinchor: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 277 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brikama (88 km away). In July its highs average 29.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ziguinchor, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Ziguinchor ranks 12th of 16 for the warmest July highs and 16th of 16 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 16 cities is 31.9°C; Ziguinchor is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 277 mm to 391 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Brikama in JulyGambia · 88 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Banjul in JulyGambia · 104 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Serekunda in JulyGambia · 106 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Bissau in JulyGuinea-Bissau · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 352 mm rain
- Kolda in JulySenegal · 149 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 204 mm rain
- Kaolack in JulySenegal · 177 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Mbour in JulySenegal · 219 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Diourbel in JulySenegal · 231 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 63 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.