Cap Skirring weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇳 Senegal · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Cap Skirring is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with December and January close behind. Cap Skirring averages about 2,862 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,862
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 1,267 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 16 m
When is the best time to visit Cap Skirring?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Cap Skirring is April, then December and January. The dullest month is July (68/100, 303 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Cap Skirring?
Cap Skirring gets a lot of sun: around 2,862 hours a year. April (96/100) is noticeably better than July (68). It ranks #2 of 3 destinations in Senegal for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 2,862 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 80% of the year's 1,267 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 4 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| February | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| March | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 14 mm | 11 | 25° / 77°F |
| April | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 2 mm | 11 | 26° / 79°F |
| May | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 4 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 80 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 85 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 303 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 68 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 421 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 294 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 73 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 124 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 11 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 96 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
Sea temperature in Cap Skirring by month
The sea off Cap Skirring is warmest in September at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in March at 25°C / 77°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Serekunda Gambia · 105 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Dakar Senegal · 255 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
- Conakry Guinea · 464 km · best in Jan · 2,463 h sun/yr
- Nouakchott Mauritania · 663 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
- Praia Cape Verde · 781 km · best in May · 3,097 h sun/yr
- Rabil Cape Verde · 782 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ziguinchor Senegal · 54 km · 2,861 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bissau Guinea-Bissau · 131 km · 2,736 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Freetown (Lungi-Town) Sierra Leone · 572 km · 2,196 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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