Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport

GOOY · Dakar, Senegal

Climate Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.2 76 95 90 86 53
February 72.2 61 78 73 62 75
March 85.5 94 86 71 88 90
April 92.0 89 86 98 95
May 83.7 88 74 85 93
June 77.5 85 68 78 77
July 68.9 81 46 64 66
August 72.6 76 63 71 62
September 76.1 79 65 80 60
October 86.6 90 90 81 87
November 93.5 86 91 98 97
December 75.7 67 94 76 99
Average 80.1 77.2 83.1 74.5 80.4 78.9

12th 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 89.0 81 99 96 95 65
February 83.4 75 90 88 67 83
March 92.8 99 96 84 93 98
April 97.2 94 100 100 100
May 97.4 99 98 99 100
June 95.7 99 95 94 91
July 99.3 100 98 99 99
August 99.1 100 98 98 100
September 98.7 99 99 99 100
October 96.9 100 99 93 100
November 98.0 95 98 100 99
December 86.0 79 100 89 100
Average 93.6 84.7 95.8 95.9 94.1 94.6

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 26.5 29 27 29 26 26
February 25.5 29 24 27 24 29
March 25.1 25 27 24 25 27
April 25.0 26 24 25 25
May 26.4 29 28 26 27
June 29.0 31 30 30 30
July 30.2 31 30 30 30
August 30.4 31 30 30 31
September 30.9 32 30 31 31
October 31.7 32 31 31 32
November 30.3 31 31 30 33
December 28.1 29 30 30 27
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.

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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.6 9 8 8 10 11
February 11.1 10 14 10 11 12
March 11.7 12 10 13 12 13
April 12.0 12 13 12 13
May 10.1 11 9 11 10
June 8.0 9 7 8 8
July 7.5 7 8 8 8
August 7.1 7 8 7 7
September 6.4 6 6 6 7
October 6.9 6 7 6 7
November 8.7 9 8 9 7
December 9.4 9 10 7 11
Average 9.1 10.0 8.9 9.0 8.8 9.4

13th 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 356° 015° 019° 032° 028°
February 001° 357° 359° 019° 018°
March 337° 341° 345° 351° 006°
April 345° 346° 348° 001°
May 338° 325° 330° 330°
June 307° 304° 297° 284°
July 271° 271° 283° 276°
August 259° 240° 260° 257°
September 283° 237° 302° 229°
October 342° 333° 348° 341°
November 003° 009° 005° 024°
December 018° 356° 023° 030°

Prevailing wind direction

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