Climate Ziguinchor Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ziguinchor Airport (GOGG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.7	86	99	99	98	76
February	88.8	97	99	92	76	90
March	92.9	100	96	94	99	99
April	96.6		96	99	99	100
May	95.2		97	92	98	95
June	73.5		70	58	80	70
July	41.3		58	34	45	34
August	34.8		39	31	44	27
September	44.8		54	40	46	38
October	67.9		74	68	74	56
November	92.5		92	98	93	88
December	94.0		92	100	100	100
Average	77.7	94.4	79.4	73.9	78.5	71.8

13th best VFR conditions of Senegal

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.7	91	99	99	100	87
February	94.6	97	100	97	88	97
March	96.1	100	100	95	100	100
April	99.4		100	100	100	100
May	99.6		100	100	99	100
June	99.8		100	100	100	100
July	99.4		100	100	100	100
August	97.5		98	99	97	97
September	99.0		100	100	100	97
October	98.8		100	100	100	98
November	99.1		100	99	99	99
December	97.2		97	100	100	100
Average	97.8	96.1	99.3	98.9	98.5	97.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	34.9	36	34	36	36	35
February	36.6	38	37	37	36	39
March	38.2	39	38	38	38	39
April	38.7		39	38	38	40
May	36.7		38	37	37	37
June	35.3		35	34	37	35
July	32.8		33	32	36	32
August	31.6		32	31	32	31
September	32.2		33	32	33	32
October	33.9		34	33	34	34
November	34.6		35	34	35	35
December	34.5		35	35	36	35
Average	35.3	37.6	35.1	34.7	35.6	35.2

9th 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	18.1	19	18	19	17	18
February	19.4	20	19	19	20	19
March	20.3	21	20	20	20	21
April	20.9		22	20	21	21
May	22.5		24	23	22	23
June	24.6		25	24	25	25
July	24.4		25	25	24	25
August	24.0		25	24	24	24
September	24.2		25	24	25	24
October	24.1		25	24	23	24
November	22.1		22	20	24	21
December	19.0		19	19	20	19
Average	21.7	20.0	22.2	21.8	22.1	22.0

1st lowest temperature of Senegal

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	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	0.1		0	1	0	0
June	1.5		1	4	1	1
July	8.4		5	12	3	14
August	14.9		15	16	15	19
September	8.5		4	8	5	18
October	1.5		1	3	3	2
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	2.7		2.4	3.9	2.3	4.7

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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.3	5	6	4	5	5
February	5.3	6	5	5	5	5
March	5.5	6	5	5	5	6
April	5.3		6	5	5	6
May	5.0		4	4	6	6
June	4.9		4	4	5	6
July	4.9		5	4	5	5
August	4.8		4	4	5	5
September	4.2		3	3	4	5
October	3.7		4	3	4	4
November	4.2		5	4	4	4
December	4.8		5	3	5	5
Average	4.9	5.8	4.5	4.1	4.8	5.1

9th 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	042°	044°	049°	055°	059°
February	038°	358°	042°	038°	065°
March	358°	352°	359°	338°	005°
April		330°	315°	271°	306°
May		290°	321°	285°	279°
June		263°	250°	272°	269°
July		263°	225°	270°	251°
August		248°	228°	228°	235°
September		254°	182°	229°	239°
October		307°	208°	326°	240°
November		008°	031°	350°	046°
December		053°	043°	055°	038°

Prevailing wind direction

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