Serekunda weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇲 Gambia · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Serekunda is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with February and May close behind. Serekunda averages about 3,054 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,054
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 829 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 340k
- Elevation
- 27 m
When is the best time to visit Serekunda?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Serekunda is January, then February and May. The dullest month is July (70/100, 169 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Serekunda?
Serekunda is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,054 hours of sunshine a year. January (97/100) is noticeably better than July (70). It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Gambia. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 82% of the year's 829 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 2 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| February | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 2 mm | 10 | 25° / 77°F |
| March | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 16 mm | 11 | 24° / 75°F |
| April | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 4 mm | 11 | 24° / 75°F |
| May | 97 | 26° / 79°F | 21° / 70°F | 2 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| June | 89 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 45 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 169 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 290 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 224 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 67 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 6 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 2 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
Sea temperature in Serekunda by month
The sea off Serekunda is warmest in September at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in January at 24°C / 75°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
- Dakar Senegal · 155 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
- Conakry Guinea · 534 km · best in Jan · 2,463 h sun/yr
- Nouakchott Mauritania · 558 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
- Rabil Cape Verde · 739 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
- Praia Cape Verde · 758 km · best in May · 3,097 h sun/yr
- Espargos Cape Verde · 775 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ziguinchor Senegal · 96 km · 2,861 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Cap Skirring Senegal · 105 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Bissau Guinea-Bissau · 194 km · 2,736 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Serekunda compares month by month: Serekunda vs Dakar · Serekunda vs Conakry · Serekunda vs Nouakchott · all comparisons
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