Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziguinchor weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ziguinchor: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brikama (88 km away). In October its highs average 30.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Ziguinchor, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Ziguinchor ranks 13th of 16 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 33.2°C; Ziguinchor is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Brikama in OctoberGambia · 88 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Banjul in OctoberGambia · 104 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Serekunda in OctoberGambia · 106 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Bissau in OctoberGuinea-Bissau · 107 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Kolda in OctoberSenegal · 149 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Kaolack in OctoberSenegal · 177 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Mbour in OctoberSenegal · 219 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Diourbel in OctoberSenegal · 231 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 29 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.