Diourbel climate

Name: Diourbel
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Diourbel is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (156 mm) and April the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Diourbel averages 388 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Senegal · population 157,554 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 37 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month April 0 mm
Wettest month August 156 mm
Least cloud March 28 % cloud
Hottest on record April 45 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectDiourbel through the year

Diourbel has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 4.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 341 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 156 mm against 0 mm in April — 3,904 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.9 °C	3 mm	43 %
February	33.9 °C	1 mm	38 %
March	36.1 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
April	37.2 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
May	37.0 °C	under 1 mm	29 %
June	35.7 °C	8 mm	39 %
July	33.4 °C	65 mm	59 %
August	31.5 °C	156 mm	73 %
September	31.6 °C	123 mm	66 %
October	34.1 °C	30 mm	44 %
November	35.0 °C	1 mm	49 %
December	32.8 °C	2 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.9 °C	17.7 °C	24.1 °C	38.8 °C	12.1 °C	31	24
February	33.9 °C	18.8 °C	25.5 °C	40.2 °C	13.6 °C	28	26
March	36.1 °C	19.5 °C	26.8 °C	42.4 °C	14.1 °C	31	31
April	37.2 °C	19.9 °C	27.4 °C	44.9 °C	15.3 °C	30	30
May	37.0 °C	20.8 °C	27.8 °C	43.7 °C	16.5 °C	31	31
June	35.7 °C	22.5 °C	28.2 °C	43.1 °C	17.7 °C	30	30
July	33.4 °C	23.9 °C	28.0 °C	42.0 °C	19.9 °C	31	30
August	31.5 °C	24.1 °C	27.2 °C	37.7 °C	21.7 °C	31	27
September	31.6 °C	23.9 °C	27.2 °C	36.5 °C	19.9 °C	30	26
October	34.1 °C	23.3 °C	28.1 °C	40.2 °C	17.9 °C	31	30
November	35.0 °C	21.1 °C	27.5 °C	40.3 °C	15.8 °C	30	30
December	32.8 °C	19.0 °C	25.2 °C	38.4 °C	12.9 °C	31	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	0	11 h/day	43 %	27 %	18 km/h
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	38 %	28 %	18 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	33 %	19 km/h
April	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	42 %	19 km/h
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	29 %	49 %	18 km/h
June	8 mm	1	13 h/day	39 %	62 %	18 km/h
July	65 mm	8	13 h/day	59 %	71 %	17 km/h
August	156 mm	16	13 h/day	73 %	80 %	15 km/h
September	123 mm	14	12 h/day	66 %	83 %	13 km/h
October	30 mm	4	12 h/day	44 %	70 %	13 km/h
November	1 mm	0	11 h/day	49 %	42 %	15 km/h
December	2 mm	0	11 h/day	49 %	32 %	16 km/h

How Diourbel compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Diourbel	37 °C	18 °C	388 mm	365
Touba · Senegal	38 °C	17 °C	369 mm	365
Kaolack · Senegal	37 °C	18 °C	502 mm	365
Thiès · Senegal	34 °C	17 °C	355 mm	364
Thiès Nones · Senegal	33 °C	18 °C	355 mm	362
Mbour · Senegal	33 °C	18 °C	351 mm	364
Rufisque · Senegal	32 °C	19 °C	292 mm	350

Where Diourbel ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in April	7th of 50	0.04 mm
The driest places in the world in April	7th of 50	0.04 mm
The driest places in Africa in May	17th of 50	0.2 mm
The warmest places in Africa in November	18th of 50	35 °C
The driest places in the world in May	20th of 50	0.2 mm
The warmest places in the world in November	20th of 50	35 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Diourbel.

QuestionsCommon questions about Diourbel’s climate

When is the best time to visit Diourbel?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Diourbel get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 341 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Diourbel?

August, averaging 156 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is April with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 388 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Diourbel rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 14.648°, -16.244° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.