Ziguinchor climate

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Ziguinchor is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. August is the wettest month (389 mm) and April the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ziguinchor averages 1,157 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Senegal · population 214,874 · 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 19 °C
Driest month April 0 mm
Wettest month August 389 mm
Least cloud March 28 % cloud
Hottest on record May 43 °C
Coldest on record January 14 °C

What to expectZiguinchor through the year

Ziguinchor changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 33 and 37 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 312 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in April to 389 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.4 °C	1 mm	41 %
February	35.4 °C	1 mm	35 %
March	37.0 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
April	37.1 °C	0 mm	31 %
May	36.0 °C	2 mm	39 %
June	33.9 °C	51 mm	62 %
July	30.4 °C	269 mm	80 %
August	29.4 °C	389 mm	85 %
September	30.1 °C	302 mm	80 %
October	31.7 °C	127 mm	57 %
November	33.7 °C	14 mm	48 %
December	33.5 °C	1 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.4 °C	19.0 °C	25.5 °C	39.1 °C	13.7 °C	31	29
February	35.4 °C	19.8 °C	26.7 °C	40.6 °C	16.3 °C	28	28
March	37.0 °C	20.8 °C	27.7 °C	42.0 °C	17.1 °C	31	31
April	37.1 °C	21.5 °C	27.9 °C	42.3 °C	17.9 °C	30	30
May	36.0 °C	22.6 °C	27.9 °C	42.8 °C	19.6 °C	31	31
June	33.9 °C	24.5 °C	28.2 °C	39.3 °C	20.8 °C	30	29
July	30.4 °C	24.2 °C	26.7 °C	35.4 °C	21.9 °C	31	19
August	29.4 °C	23.9 °C	26.1 °C	34.1 °C	22.2 °C	31	11
September	30.1 °C	23.9 °C	26.4 °C	33.7 °C	21.5 °C	30	18
October	31.7 °C	24.2 °C	27.3 °C	36.3 °C	20.9 °C	31	27
November	33.7 °C	22.5 °C	27.5 °C	37.5 °C	16.9 °C	30	30
December	33.5 °C	20.0 °C	26.1 °C	37.4 °C	15.6 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	11 h/day	41 %	36 %	15 km/h
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	35 %	36 %	15 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	42 %	15 km/h
April	0 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	50 %	15 km/h
May	2 mm	0	13 h/day	39 %	58 %	16 km/h
June	51 mm	7	13 h/day	62 %	69 %	15 km/h
July	269 mm	23	13 h/day	80 %	82 %	14 km/h
August	389 mm	28	13 h/day	85 %	86 %	14 km/h
September	302 mm	25	12 h/day	80 %	86 %	12 km/h
October	127 mm	18	12 h/day	57 %	83 %	9.9 km/h
November	14 mm	2	12 h/day	48 %	66 %	11 km/h
December	1 mm	0	11 h/day	47 %	44 %	14 km/h

How Ziguinchor 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
Ziguinchor	37 °C	19 °C	1,157 mm	365
Banjul · Gambia	31 °C	20 °C	654 mm	362
Serekunda · Gambia	31 °C	20 °C	664 mm	358
Bissau · Guinea-Bissau	35 °C	21 °C	1,356 mm	365
Kaolack · Senegal	37 °C	18 °C	502 mm	365
Mbour · Senegal	33 °C	18 °C	351 mm	364
Diourbel · Senegal	37 °C	18 °C	388 mm	365

Where Ziguinchor ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in April	1stof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in April	1stof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in March	13thof 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in the world in March	13thof 50	0.2 mm
The warmest places in Africa in December	23rdof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	27thof 50	34 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ziguinchor’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ziguinchor?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, August, 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 Ziguinchor get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 312 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 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ziguinchor?

August, averaging 389 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is April with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,157 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 Ziguinchor 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
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.