Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziguinchor weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Ziguinchor: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brikama (88 km away). In November its highs average 31.5°C, 2.1°C cooler than Ziguinchor, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Ziguinchor ranks 9th of 16 for the warmest November highs and 16th of 16 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 16 cities is 33.8°C; Ziguinchor is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Brikama in NovemberGambia · 88 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Banjul in NovemberGambia · 104 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Serekunda in NovemberGambia · 106 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Bissau in NovemberGuinea-Bissau · 107 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Kolda in NovemberSenegal · 149 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Kaolack in NovemberSenegal · 177 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Mbour in NovemberSenegal · 219 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Diourbel in NovemberSenegal · 231 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.5 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.