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Rufisque climate by month
What the weather is like
Rufisque has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 31° and nights 24°. April is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 409 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (142 mm, 26 wet days) and May the driest (0 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in April to 45% in August.
The sea reaches about 28° in September. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Dakar, the capital, Rufisque is 3° warmer on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · November
- Coldest nights
- 19° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- May
- Clearest skies
- April · 15% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 28° · September
- Longest day
- 13 h 00 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 16 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 28° |
| Average low | 19° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 6 mm | 63 mm | 172 mm | 142 mm | 22 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2 | 2 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 25 | 25.8 | 13.5 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 26% | 18% | 15% | 16% | 21% | 34% | 45% | 41% | 26% | 33% | 34% |
| Sea temperature | 21° | 20° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 24° |
| Daylight | 11h 21 | 11h 40 | 12h 02 | 12h 28 | 12h 48 | 13h 00 | 12h 55 | 12h 37 | 12h 13 | 11h 49 | 11h 27 | 11h 16 |
| Month score | 91 | 90 | 89 | 92 | 92 | 71 | 50 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 73 | 81 |