Dakar, Senegal climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Dakar, Senegal, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is October, averaging a high of 28°C, and its coldest is February, with an average low of 20°C.
Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. via Wikipedia
Dakar average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Dakar, Senegal, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is August (5 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°C | 21°C | 0 mm |
| February | 21°C | 20°C | 0 mm |
| March | 21°C | 20°C | 0 mm |
| April | 21°C | 20°C | 0 mm |
| May | 23°C | 22°C | 0 mm |
| June | 25°C | 24°C | 0 mm |
| July | 27°C | 26°C | 0 mm |
| August | 28°C | 26°C | 5 mm |
| September | 28°C | 27°C | 3 mm |
| October | 28°C | 27°C | 0 mm |
| November | 27°C | 26°C | 0 mm |
| December | 25°C | 23°C | 0 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 32°C on 2011-10-19
- Coldest day on record: 16°C on 1994-01-20
Percentiles compare each day to Dakar, Senegal's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →