Climate Diourbel 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Diourbel (GOOD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	91.6	80	100	99	92	81
February	83.0	78	94	84	73	83
March	94.3	100	98	87	93	100
April	97.4		100	98	99	94
May	98.4		99	98	98	99
June	90.2		97	89	88	84
July	75.1		84	76	88	66
August	69.7		83	80	67	56
September	74.9		83	71	79	67
October	91.8		97	91	96	91
November	98.3		99	99	99	100
December	92.4		83	99	98	100
Average	87.3	86.5	92.8	88.2	88.8	84.7

5th 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	95.3	81	100	100	100	90
February	88.5	80	98	92	83	88
March	96.1	100	100	91	97	100
April	98.9		100	99	99	99
May	99.5		100	100	98	100
June	96.8		100	97	95	91
July	99.6		99	99	100	100
August	99.1		97	99	99	100
September	98.4		96	95	100	100
October	98.0		99	96	99	99
November	99.0		100	99	100	100
December	94.7		87	99	98	100
Average	96.2	87.3	98.0	97.1	97.3	97.1

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	34.6	36	34	35	36	35
February	36.0	38	37	37	36	39
March	39.0	39	41	38	38	39
April	39.9		41	40	41	41
May	40.0		41	41	40	42
June	38.2		40	38	38	39
July	35.3		36	35	37	35
August	33.8		35	33	34	34
September	33.7		35	33	35	33
October	36.8		37	36	37	37
November	37.6		38	36	38	38
December	35.6		36	37	36	36
Average	36.7	37.6	37.5	36.4	37.2	37.1

5th 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	18.3	18	19	21	19	19
February	20.2	21	21	20	21	22
March	20.7	20	21	19	20	21
April	21.8		22	21	22	22
May	22.4		24	23	22	22
June	25.1		26	26	25	26
July	25.7		26	26	26	26
August	25.3		26	26	25	26
September	25.3		26	24	26	25
October	25.0		25	25	25	25
November	21.1		21	20	24	21
December	19.0		19	19	21	19
Average	22.1	19.5	22.9	22.5	22.8	22.7

5th 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	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.7		0	1	0	0
July	1.4		1	1	1	3
August	4.1		6	5	5	2
September	3.0		2	5	3	4
October	0.7		1	1	1	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.8		0.8	1.2	0.9	0.7

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	4.3	3	6	4	5	5
February	4.9	5	6	5	5	4
March	5.4	8	5	6	6	5
April	5.7		7	7	5	5
May	4.9		6	5	5	5
June	4.7		6	6	4	5
July	4.0		5	5	4	4
August	3.4		4	4	3	3
September	3.0		4	4	3	3
October	2.8		3	3	3	3
November	3.2		3	4	3	3
December	4.0		4	5	4	4
Average	4.2	5.6	4.8	4.7	4.1	4.0

5th 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	052°	058°	060°	052°	058°
February	056°	030°	041°	038°	065°
March	004°	020°	013°	015°	031°
April		009°	006°	006°	013°
May		352°	332°	343°	347°
June		304°	264°	288°	288°
July		256°	289°	294°	291°
August		266°	242°	272°	260°
September		272°	231°	272°	243°
October		312°	327°	333°	002°
November		041°	048°	020°	067°
December		057°	039°	045°	031°

Prevailing wind direction

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