Weather in Dakar

Calculated from weather data of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (GOOY) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.5	28.8	27.3	29.1	25.5	26.3
February	25.5	28.6	23.5	27.0	24.1	28.8
March	25.1	24.5	26.8	23.8	24.5	26.5
April	25.0		25.8	24.3	24.8	25.3
May	26.4		28.5	27.8	25.5	27.1
June	29.0		30.8	29.5	29.6	29.6
July	30.2		31.3	30.1	30.3	30.3
August	30.4		31.3	30.1	30.3	31.0
September	30.9		31.6	30.0	31.3	30.8
October	31.7		32.2	30.8	31.3	32.3
November	30.3		31.1	31.3	30.1	32.6
December	28.1		29.3	29.8	29.6	27.1
Average	28.1	27.2	29.1	28.6	28.1	29.0

13th highest temperature of Senegal

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.5	22	21	22	19	20
February	18.9	22	18	20	18	21
March	18.8	19	19	18	18	21
April	19.4		20	20	20	20
May	21.0		23	22	21	21
June	23.9		25	25	24	25
July	25.7		27	26	26	26
August	25.9		27	26	26	26
September	25.7		25	26	26	25
October	25.8		27	25	26	26
November	24.1		25	25	25	24
December	21.7		23	23	22	22
Average	22.3	20.8	23.2	23.1	22.5	23.0

7th lowest temperature of Senegal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	13	152	101	107	130
25 °C or warmer	59	293	281	259	313
20 °C or warmer	91	365	353	364	366
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.4		0	0	1	1
July	1.5		2	2	1	3
August	3.7		4	3	9	3
September	3.5		5	5	2	6
October	0.9		0	2	1	0
November	0.1		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.8		1.0	1.0	1.2	1.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.8	16	15	16	19	20
February	20.6	18	26	19	20	22
March	21.7	22	18	23	22	23
April	22.2		22	25	22	24
May	18.8		21	16	20	19
June	14.8		16	13	14	15
July	13.9		13	16	14	14
August	13.1		12	14	12	14
September	11.9		11	12	12	12
October	12.8		11	13	12	12
November	16.1		16	15	17	13
December	17.4		17	19	13	21
Average	17.0	18.6	16.5	16.7	16.3	17.4

2nd highest wind speed of Senegal

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	N	N	N	NE	NE
February	N	N	N	N	N
March	NW	N	N	N	N
April		N	N	N	N
May		N	NW	NW	NW
June		NW	NW	NW	W
July		W	W	W	W
August		W	SW	W	W
September		W	SW	NW	SW
October		N	NW	N	N
November		N	N	N	NE
December		N	N	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Dakar weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Dakar?

The warmest month is October with an average temperature of 32 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Dakar?

The coldest month is April with an average daytime temperature of 25 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Dakar?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in August with a probability of around 3.8 %.

Which month is the driest in Dakar?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in March. The probability is about 0.0 %.