Ziguinchor
Elevation 19 m12.59° N, 16.27° W
When to go?
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 38 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 38 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (4 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 29 °C, 6 rain days in the month (100 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 28 °C, 17 rain days in the month (473 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
- Torrential rain28 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 21 rain days in the month (522 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain25 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 18 rain days in the month (327 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain18 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 10 rain days in the month (118 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 28 °C, 1 rain day in the month (12 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
No ideal month: the best months are December–February, the least hot. Ideal for the sea: October–June. Avoid March–November (hot, at times extreme heat and often rainy and torrential rain).
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 +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.7 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.1 °C), coldest: 1950 (−0.5 °C).
October and December warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.7 °C), April 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: −5 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.8 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990