Mbour climate

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Mbour is warmest in November, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (150 mm) and April the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mbour averages 351 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Senegal · population 284,189 · 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 November 33 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month April 0 mm
Wettest month August 150 mm
Least cloud March 28 % cloud
Hottest on record March 43 °C
Coldest on record January 13 °C
Warmest sea October 28 °C

What to expectMbour through the year

Mbour has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in January to 33 °C in November, a swing of 4.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 247 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 150 mm against 0 mm in April — 11,280 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Mbour is warmest in October at 28 °C and coldest in February at 19 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.5 °C	2 mm	43 %
February	31.7 °C	1 mm	38 %
March	32.5 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
April	32.2 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
May	31.6 °C	under 1 mm	29 %
June	30.5 °C	3 mm	39 %
July	30.2 °C	51 mm	59 %
August	29.5 °C	150 mm	73 %
September	29.8 °C	110 mm	65 %
October	31.9 °C	31 mm	43 %
November	33.2 °C	1 mm	49 %
December	31.5 °C	1 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	30.5 °C	18.4 °C	23.6 °C	38.9 °C	13.0 °C	31	19
February	31.7 °C	19.0 °C	24.3 °C	40.4 °C	14.4 °C	28	20
March	32.5 °C	19.3 °C	24.7 °C	42.5 °C	15.0 °C	31	24
April	32.2 °C	19.5 °C	24.7 °C	42.1 °C	15.9 °C	30	23
May	31.6 °C	20.6 °C	25.2 °C	41.1 °C	17.5 °C	31	23
June	30.5 °C	22.9 °C	26.1 °C	37.3 °C	18.2 °C	30	17
July	30.2 °C	24.6 °C	27.0 °C	35.0 °C	20.9 °C	31	17
August	29.5 °C	25.0 °C	26.9 °C	33.2 °C	22.1 °C	31	9
September	29.8 °C	25.0 °C	27.1 °C	34.2 °C	21.8 °C	30	13
October	31.9 °C	24.8 °C	27.8 °C	38.0 °C	16.7 °C	31	28
November	33.2 °C	22.5 °C	27.1 °C	38.5 °C	16.6 °C	30	29
December	31.5 °C	20.0 °C	25.0 °C	37.2 °C	14.4 °C	31	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	2 mm	0	11 h/day	43 %	36 %	20 km/h	20.7 °C
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	38 %	38 %	22 km/h	19.2 °C
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	45 %	22 km/h	19.2 °C
April	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	55 %	23 km/h	19.8 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	29 %	64 %	21 km/h	21.8 °C
June	3 mm	1	13 h/day	39 %	74 %	19 km/h	25.3 °C
July	51 mm	7	13 h/day	59 %	76 %	19 km/h	27.3 °C
August	150 mm	16	13 h/day	73 %	81 %	18 km/h	28.1 °C
September	110 mm	14	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	16 km/h	28.3 °C
October	31 mm	4	12 h/day	43 %	76 %	16 km/h	28.4 °C
November	1 mm	0	11 h/day	49 %	53 %	18 km/h	26.7 °C
December	1 mm	0	11 h/day	49 %	41 %	20 km/h	23.6 °C

How Mbour 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
Mbour	33 °C	18 °C	351 mm	364
Thiès Nones · Senegal	33 °C	18 °C	355 mm	362
Thiès · Senegal	34 °C	17 °C	355 mm	364
Rufisque · Senegal	32 °C	19 °C	292 mm	350
Dakar · Senegal	30 °C	19 °C	287 mm	299
Diourbel · Senegal	37 °C	18 °C	388 mm	365
Kaolack · Senegal	37 °C	18 °C	502 mm	365

Where Mbour ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in April	2nd of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in the world in April	2nd of 50	0.01 mm
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in October	7th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in September	8th of 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August	12th of 50	28 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in December	13th of 50	91/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mbour’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mbour?

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

How hot does Mbour get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 247 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °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 Mbour?

August, averaging 150 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is April with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 351 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 Mbour 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: 14.422°, -16.964° (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.