Climate Thiès Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Blaise Diagne International Airport (GOBD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.1	71	98	87	77	47
February	65.8	63	71	64	56	78
March	75.1	75	86	54	74	82
April	91.3		86	85	95	92
May	89.0		88	79	89	91
June	78.5		97	68	74	60
July	77.8		77	73	84	61
August	70.4		68	66	71	57
September	72.2		75	69	81	58
October	80.9		89	84	71	83
November	93.4		86	92	94	98
December	81.7		65	96	80	97
Average	75.2	69.5	81.9	75.5	78.9	74.7

11th 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	91.5	80	100	98	95	73
February	81.8	79	92	87	70	86
March	91.4	99	94	83	91	99
April	97.7		95	95	99	100
May	97.3		96	97	98	99
June	93.6		100	92	96	81
July	99.2		98	98	100	100
August	97.3		98	96	95	97
September	95.5		98	95	97	90
October	95.4		99	99	91	96
November	97.3		95	96	96	99
December	91.6		81	100	89	100
Average	90.3	86.2	95.4	94.5	93.3	93.2

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	32.2	34	32	32	33	33
February	32.3	36	31	32	32	36
March	32.1	31	35	30	30	34
April	31.2		32	31	32	32
May	30.6		33	32	30	31
June	31.4		33	32	32	32
July	30.9		32	31	31	31
August	30.5		31	30	30	31
September	30.7		31	30	32	30
October	33.1		33	33	33	35
November	34.3		36	35	34	35
December	32.9		34	34	34	32
Average	31.7	33.5	32.6	31.7	31.9	32.5

11th 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	19.2	20	20	21	19	20
February	19.3	21	18	20	18	22
March	18.6	19	20	17	18	20
April	19.0		21	18	19	20
May	20.4		23	21	20	21
June	23.2		24	24	23	24
July	24.3		25	24	24	25
August	24.4		25	25	23	25
September	23.9		25	25	24	23
October	24.6		25	25	24	25
November	22.3		23	23	23	23
December	20.4		21	22	21	20
Average	21.0	20.0	22.3	21.9	21.4	22.2

2nd 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	0.6		0	1	2	0
July	2.2		1	4	0	5
August	6.1		7	9	8	4
September	4.7		3	3	2	11
October	1.0		0	2	0	1
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.9		0.9	1.7	1.1	1.8

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	11.8	10	11	11	13	12
February	13.2	12	13	14	13	13
March	14.0	14	11	15	15	14
April	15.3		14	15	15	16
May	12.4		11	11	12	12
June	9.5		10	9	9	10
July	8.7		8	9	9	9
August	8.1		7	8	8	8
September	7.4		7	7	7	8
October	8.0		7	8	8	8
November	10.4		9	10	10	10
December	11.1		11	11	11	12
Average	11.2	12.2	9.8	10.6	10.8	10.7

11th 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	039°	042°	039°	042°	050°
February	036°	010°	029°	022°	041°
March	001°	004°	008°	003°	009°
April		360°	001°	359°	001°
May		349°	341°	347°	345°
June		315°	290°	294°	278°
July		257°	270°	290°	277°
August		271°	239°	270°	259°
September		285°	241°	296°	236°
October		322°	324°	332°	327°
November		018°	035°	007°	046°
December		048°	023°	041°	018°

Prevailing wind direction

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