🏞 Of the land area, 27.3% has a tropical wet and dry/ savanna climate (Aw), 72.7% has a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS).
🧜 Of the population, 31.9% live in a tropical wet and dry/ savanna climate (Aw), 68.1% live in a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS).
Location | Lat. | Long. | Alt. m(ft) | Climate | Biome | Av. Temp. | Precip. |
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Podor | 16°39'N | 14°56'W | 6 (19) | BWh | Tropical thorn woodland | 27 (80) | 213 (8) |
Matam | 15°38'N | 13°15'W | 15 (50) | BWh | Tropical very dry forest | 30 (86) | 367 (14) |
Dakar | 14°44'N | 17°30'W | 22 (72) | BSh | Tropical very dry forest | 24 (76) | 412 (16) |
Kolda | 12°53'N | 14°58'W | 8 (27) | Aw | Tropical dry forest | 28 (82) | 1022 (40) |
Saint-Louis | 16°3'N | 16°27'W | 2 (7) | - | Tropical thorn woodland | 26 (79) | 261 (10) |
Linguere | 15°23'N | 15°7'W | 20 (64) | - | Tropical very dry forest | 29 (84) | 400 (16) |
Diourbel | 14°39'N | 16°14'W | 7 (23) | - | Subtropical dry forest | 28 (83) | 516 (20) |
Kaolack | 14°8'N | 16°4'W | 6 (20) | - | Tropical dry forest | 29 (84) | 610 (24) |
Tambacounda | 13°46'N | 13°41'W | 49 (160) | - | Tropical very dry forest | 29 (84) | - |
Kedougou | 12°34'N | 12°13'W | 165 (543) | - | Tropical dry forest | 29 (83) | - |
Ziguinchor | 12°33'N | 16°16'W | 19 (63) | - | Tropical dry forest | 27 (81) | 1235 (49) |
Senegal Average | 14°27'N | 15°9'W | 29 (95) | BWh | Tropical very dry forest | 28 (82) | 560 (22) |