Thiès
Elevation 63 m14.79° N, 16.93° W
When to go?
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 25 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 28 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 28 °C, 6 rain days in the month (88 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 28 °C, 12 rain days in the month (258 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 28 °C, 9 rain days in the month (180 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 29 °C, 3 rain days in the month (40 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 25 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
The best month is January. Avoid February–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.
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 +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.6 °C. Warmest year: 2023 (+1.2 °C), coldest: 1965 (−0.8 °C).
December and January warmed the most (+0.9 and +0.7 °C), June the least (0 °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.