Kédougou, Senegal climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Kédougou has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is April with an average daily high near 41°C, while the coldest is December averaging around 18°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1035 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — September alone averages 269 mm while December barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ All year

Extreme heat

Daytime highs near 41°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 18°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1035 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in September

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Kédougou climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	35	37	40	41	39	35	32	32	32	34	36	35
Avg temp (°C)	27	29	32	34	33	30	27	27	27	28	28	26
Avg low (°C)	19	21	25	27	27	25	23	23	22	23	21	18
Precipitation (mm)	3	4	4	2	64	122	215	262	269	83	7	0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	35	37	40	41	39	35
Avg temp (°C)	27	29	32	34	33	30
Avg low (°C)	19	21	25	27	27	25
Precipitation (mm)	3	4	4	2	64	122

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	34	36	35
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	28	28	26
Avg low (°C)	23	23	22	23	21	18
Precipitation (mm)	215	262	269	83	7	0

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	37	30	32	40	57	63	72	78	71	61	41	38
Relative humidity (%)	23	17	19	25	43	71	84	89	87	82	63	42
Wind speed (mph)	5.5	5.6	5.2	5.5	5.9	4.8	4.2	4.1	3.1	2.7	3.2	4.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	37	30	32	40	57	63
Relative humidity (%)	23	17	19	25	43	71
Wind speed (mph)	5.5	5.6	5.2	5.5	5.9	4.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	72	78	71	61	41	38
Relative humidity (%)	84	89	87	82	63	42
Wind speed (mph)	4.2	4.1	3.1	2.7	3.2	4.5

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Kedougou, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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