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The climate of Saint Louis (Senegal)
Saint Louis is located in the most northwestern part of Senegal where the Senegal River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Louis is the capital of the Saint Louis province and is located in the vicinity of the border with Mauretania. The city was founded in the second part of the 17th century by the French and used to be the center of the slave trade in southwest Africa. Nowadays the city is very popular among tourists, mainly because of its French colonial character. Djoudj National Park is situated at 60 kilometers from the city. This national park is a Unesco preservation site. More than 3 million birds of over 400 species live here. Saint Louis has a warm steppe climate with one short rainy period from July till September. Precipitation figures are much lower here than in the southeastern part of Senegal. The climate of Saint Louis is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean has a cooling influence here. From November till April a Harmattan wind may blow. This type of wind supplies dry and dusty air from the Sahara.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Saint Louis.

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 30 15 8 1 20
February 32 16 8 1 19
March 33 17 9 1 20
April 32 18 9 1 20
May 31 19 9 5 21
June 31 22 8 9 23
July 31 24 8 12 26
August 32 25 8 13 28
September 33 25 8 11 28
October 34 23 8 8 27
November 33 20 8 4 26
December 31 16 8 3 23
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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