Dakar
Elevation 10 m14.67° N, 17.43° W
When to go?
Mean 23 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 25 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 27 °C, 1 rain day in the month (3 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 28 °C, 5 rain days in the month (57 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 28 °C, 12 rain days in the month (211 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 28 °C, 9 rain days in the month (137 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 29 °C, 2 rain days in the month (27 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 25 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
The best months are January–April. Ideal for the sea: May–December. Avoid May–December (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean
Monthly mean sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.3 °C; in the last ten years by +0.5 °C. Warmest year: 2023 (+1.1 °C), coldest: 1965 (−0.7 °C).
December and January warmed the most (+0.8 and +0.7 °C), June the least (−0.1 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −8 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
≈no clear change of the sea compared with 1961–1990