Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziguinchor weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ziguinchor: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 307 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brikama (88 km away). In September its highs average 29.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ziguinchor, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Ziguinchor ranks joint 12th of 16 for the warmest September highs and 16th of 16 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 16 cities is 31.1°C; Ziguinchor is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 307 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Brikama in SeptemberGambia · 88 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 196 mm rain
- Banjul in SeptemberGambia · 104 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Serekunda in SeptemberGambia · 106 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Bissau in SeptemberGuinea-Bissau · 107 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 307 mm rain
- Kolda in SeptemberSenegal · 149 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Kaolack in SeptemberSenegal · 177 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 147 mm rain
- Mbour in SeptemberSenegal · 219 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Diourbel in SeptemberSenegal · 231 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 124 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.