Ziguinchor weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇳 Senegal · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Ziguinchor is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with December and November close behind. Ziguinchor averages about 2,861 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,861

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

96/100

Rain / year

1,341 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

215k

Elevation

21 m

When is the best time to visit Ziguinchor?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Ziguinchor is January, then December and November. The dullest month is April (38/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Ziguinchor?

Ziguinchor gets a lot of sun: around 2,861 hours a year. 58 Sunshine Score points separate January (96) from April (38), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 3 destinations in Senegal for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,862 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 79% of the year's 1,341 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Serekunda Gambia · 96 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
• Dakar Senegal · 250 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
• Conakry Guinea · 441 km · best in Jan · 2,463 h sun/yr
• Nouakchott Mauritania · 641 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
• Rabil Cape Verde · 815 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
• Praia Cape Verde · 822 km · best in May · 3,097 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Cap Skirring Senegal · 54 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Apr
• Bissau Guinea-Bissau · 100 km · 2,736 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Freetown (Lungi-Town) Sierra Leone · 553 km · 2,196 h sun/yr · best in Jan