Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziguinchor weather
in June.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Ziguinchor: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brikama (88 km away). In June its highs average 30.6°C, 3.4°C cooler than Ziguinchor, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Ziguinchor ranks 9th of 16 for the warmest June highs and 16th of 16 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 16 cities is 33.5°C; Ziguinchor is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 277 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Brikama in JuneGambia · 88 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Banjul in JuneGambia · 104 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Serekunda in JuneGambia · 106 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Bissau in JuneGuinea-Bissau · 107 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Kolda in JuneSenegal · 149 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Kaolack in JuneSenegal · 177 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Mbour in JuneSenegal · 219 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Diourbel in JuneSenegal · 231 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 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.