Kaolack climate

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Kaolack is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (203 mm) and April the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kaolack averages 502 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Senegal · population 298,904 · 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 203 mm
Least cloud March 28 % cloud
Hottest on record April 45 °C
Coldest on record January 13 °C

What to expectKaolack through the year

Kaolack 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, 339 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 203 mm against 0 mm in April — 12,210 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.2 °C	2 mm	43 %
February	34.2 °C	1 mm	37 %
March	36.4 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
April	37.4 °C	under 1 mm	29 %
May	37.1 °C	under 1 mm	31 %
June	35.5 °C	12 mm	44 %
July	32.9 °C	88 mm	65 %
August	30.9 °C	203 mm	77 %
September	31.2 °C	150 mm	70 %
October	33.3 °C	40 mm	47 %
November	34.8 °C	1 mm	49 %
December	32.9 °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	32.2 °C	18.1 °C	24.4 °C	39.3 °C	13.0 °C	31	26
February	34.2 °C	19.3 °C	26.0 °C	40.5 °C	14.4 °C	28	27
March	36.4 °C	20.1 °C	27.4 °C	42.8 °C	14.9 °C	31	31
April	37.4 °C	20.7 °C	28.1 °C	44.7 °C	15.8 °C	30	30
May	37.1 °C	21.7 °C	28.4 °C	43.7 °C	17.6 °C	31	31
June	35.5 °C	23.5 °C	28.5 °C	41.4 °C	18.7 °C	30	30
July	32.9 °C	24.3 °C	27.8 °C	41.0 °C	20.5 °C	31	29
August	30.9 °C	24.2 °C	26.9 °C	37.8 °C	21.3 °C	31	23
September	31.2 °C	24.1 °C	27.1 °C	35.1 °C	20.5 °C	30	25
October	33.3 °C	23.8 °C	28.0 °C	39.0 °C	17.7 °C	31	30
November	34.8 °C	21.5 °C	27.6 °C	39.1 °C	16.3 °C	30	30
December	32.9 °C	19.3 °C	25.4 °C	38.3 °C	13.9 °C	31	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	0	11 h/day	43 %	28 %	16 km/h
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	28 %	17 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	32 %	17 km/h
April	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	29 %	40 %	17 km/h
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	31 %	49 %	17 km/h
June	12 mm	2	13 h/day	44 %	63 %	17 km/h
July	88 mm	11	13 h/day	65 %	74 %	16 km/h
August	203 mm	20	13 h/day	77 %	82 %	14 km/h
September	150 mm	16	12 h/day	70 %	84 %	13 km/h
October	40 mm	6	12 h/day	47 %	75 %	12 km/h
November	1 mm	0	11 h/day	49 %	46 %	13 km/h
December	2 mm	0	11 h/day	49 %	34 %	15 km/h

How Kaolack 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
Kaolack	37 °C	18 °C	502 mm	365
Diourbel · Senegal	37 °C	18 °C	388 mm	365
Touba · Senegal	38 °C	17 °C	369 mm	365
Banjul · Gambia	31 °C	20 °C	654 mm	362
Mbour · Senegal	33 °C	18 °C	351 mm	364
Serekunda · Gambia	31 °C	20 °C	664 mm	358
Thiès · Senegal	34 °C	17 °C	355 mm	364

Where Kaolack ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in April	3rd of 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in the world in April	3rd of 50	0.02 mm
The warmest places in Africa in November	22nd of 50	35 °C
The driest places in Africa in May	23rd of 50	0.4 mm
The warmest places in Africa year-round	26th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in November	26th of 50	35 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Kaolack’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kaolack?

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 Kaolack get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 339 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 Kaolack?

August, averaging 203 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is April with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 502 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 Kaolack 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: 14.152°, -16.073° (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.