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Dakar Climate & Temperature

⛺ Dakar has a subtropical steppe/ low-latitude semi-arid hot climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: BSh).subtropical hot steppe climate (BSh)

⛳ Dakar is situated in or near the tropical very dry forest biome.

🌡️ The mean temperature is 24.3 degrees Celsius (75.8 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 6.5 °C (11.7°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype truly hyperoceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 412.9 mm (16.3 inches) which is equivalent to 412.9 Litres/m² (10.13 Gallons/ft²).

Dakar Climate Graph

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✨ The longest day of the year is 12:52 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 11:07 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 3051 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Dakar you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands where you would find a Tropical wet climate.

🌍Dakar, Senegal is at 14°43'N, 17°30'W, 22 m (72 ft). Check the location on the map.

Dakar Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
25 (77) 25 (77) 25 (77) 25 (77) 26 (79) 29 (84) 30 (86) 30 (86) 30 (86) 30 (86) 29 (84) 27 (81) 28 (82)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
21 (70) 21 (70) 21 (70) 22 (71) 23 (73) 26 (79) 28 (82) 28 (82) 27 (81) 27 (81) 26 (79) 24 (74) 24 (76)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
17 (63) 17 (63) 17 (63) 18 (64) 20 (68) 23 (73) 25 (77) 25 (77) 24 (75) 24 (75) 23 (73) 20 (68) 21 (70)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
2 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 10 (0) 61 (2) 165 (6) 134 (5) 37 (1) 1 (0) 0 (0) 413 (16)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
0.5 (2) 0.5 (2) 0 (0) 0.5 (2) 0.5 (2) 2 (7) 9 (29) 15 (48) 13 (43) 5 (16) 0.5 (2) 0.5 (2) 47 (13)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
8h 01' 8h 38' 9h 44' 10h 06' 9h 36' 8h 34' 7h 21' 6h 29' 7h 16' 8h 11' 8h 30' 7h 48' 8h 21'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
11h 20' 11h 38' 12h 01' 12h 26' 12h 47' 12h 58' 12h 53' 12h 35' 12h 11' 11h 46' 11h 25' 11h 15' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
72 (28) 75 (25) 82 (18) 82 (18) 76 (24) 67 (33) 58 (42) 52 (48) 60 (40) 70 (30) 75 (25) 70 (30) 70 (30)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
55.3 64.6 75.5 87.2 84.4 81.3 84.1 87.2 75.8 64.2 55.1 51.8 72.2


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