What are the temperature differences between Dakar, Pikine, Touba, Thies and Guediawaye?

Pikine and Guediawaye share identical temperature ranges throughout the year, consistently staying within a comfortable range Dakar experiences slightly cooler temperatures compared to Pikine and Guediawaye, particularly during the earlier months Thies and Touba have wider temperature variations, with maximum temperatures often exceeding the comfort zone, especially between March and November, with temperatures up to 39.4 degrees in April All cities maintain minimum temperatures well above discomfort levels throughout the year.

What are the differences in sun/precipitation levels between Dakar, Pikine, Touba, Thies and Guediawaye?

All five cities exhibit similar seasonal trends in sun hours and precipitation, with high sun hours from March to May and low sun hours in August Peak precipitation occurs in August and September, while the months from November to May are virtually dry Touba generally has the lowest sun hours during the rainy season (July-September) The coastal cities (Dakar, Pikine, Guediawaye) have almost identical weather.

What are the differences in astronomy conditions (sunrise, sunset) between Dakar, Pikine, Touba, Thies and Guediawaye?

The sunrise times are fairly consistent across all cities, ranging from 6:34 to 6:40 in June and 7:32 to 7:38 in January. Sunset times also show a similar pattern, with the earliest sunsets in November and latest in July for all locations. Day length is almost identical in Dakar, Pikine, Guediawaye and Thies, while Touba has slightly earlier sunrise, later sunset, and thus a slightly longer day in June. The shortest day occurs in December for all cities with approximately 11 hours and 15-16 minutes of daylight.

Senegal: Weather & Climate Comparison

Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures

Pikine and Guediawaye share identical temperature ranges throughout the year, consistently staying within a comfortable range
Dakar experiences slightly cooler temperatures compared to Pikine and Guediawaye, particularly during the earlier months
Thies and Touba have wider temperature variations, with maximum temperatures often exceeding the comfort zone, especially between March and November, with temperatures up to 39.4 degrees in April
All cities maintain minimum temperatures well above discomfort levels throughout the year.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	25.4°C	26.1°C	34.5°C	33.6°C	26.1°C
Feb	24.1°C	25.0°C	36.3°C	34.0°C	25.0°C
Mar	23.6°C	24.4°C	38.2°C	34.1°C	24.4°C
Apr	23.9°C	24.6°C	39.5°C	34.5°C	24.5°C
May	24.3°C	24.9°C	39.0°C	33.7°C	24.9°C
Jun	26.2°C	26.7°C	37.2°C	33.0°C	26.7°C
Jul	27.5°C	27.6°C	34.3°C	31.9°C	27.6°C
Aug	28.1°C	28.0°C	32.7°C	31.1°C	28.0°C
Sep	28.6°C	28.6°C	32.9°C	31.6°C	28.6°C
Oct	29.5°C	29.8°C	36.1°C	34.4°C	29.8°C
Nov	28.9°C	29.4°C	36.9°C	35.4°C	29.4°C
Dec	27.1°C	27.5°C	34.7°C	33.8°C	27.5°C
Average	26.4°C	26.9°C	26.9°C	33.4°C	36.0°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	20.7°C	21.4°C	19.3°C	19.5°C	21.4°C
Feb	19.8°C	20.5°C	19.9°C	19.6°C	20.5°C
Mar	19.6°C	20.2°C	19.6°C	19.2°C	20.2°C
Apr	19.7°C	20.6°C	21.0°C	20.1°C	20.6°C
May	20.7°C	21.6°C	21.2°C	20.6°C	21.6°C
Jun	22.9°C	23.6°C	23.4°C	22.7°C	23.6°C
Jul	24.4°C	25.2°C	25.2°C	24.7°C	25.2°C
Aug	25.5°C	26.1°C	25.2°C	25.1°C	26.1°C
Sep	26.4°C	26.6°C	25.1°C	25.2°C	26.6°C
Oct	26.9°C	26.9°C	25.0°C	25.3°C	26.9°C
Nov	25.2°C	25.6°C	22.6°C	23.1°C	25.6°C
Dec	22.5°C	23.0°C	20.2°C	20.6°C	23.0°C
Average	22.9°C	23.4°C	23.4°C	22.1°C	22.3°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions

All five cities exhibit similar seasonal trends in sun hours and precipitation, with high sun hours from March to May and low sun hours in August
Peak precipitation occurs in August and September, while the months from November to May are virtually dry
Touba generally has the lowest sun hours during the rainy season (July-September)
The coastal cities (Dakar, Pikine, Guediawaye) have almost identical weather.

Sunny Weather

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	9.6 hours/day	9.6 hours/day	9.3 hours/day	9.6 hours/day	9.6 hours/day
Feb	10.6 hours/day	10.5 hours/day	10.6 hours/day	10.6 hours/day	10.5 hours/day
Mar	11.2 hours/day	11.2 hours/day	11.3 hours/day	11.3 hours/day	11.2 hours/day
Apr	12.3 hours/day	12.4 hours/day	12.8 hours/day	12.6 hours/day	12.4 hours/day
May	11.9 hours/day	12.2 hours/day	12.3 hours/day	12.3 hours/day	12.2 hours/day
Jun	9.7 hours/day	10.2 hours/day	10.4 hours/day	10.7 hours/day	10.2 hours/day
Jul	4.3 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	5.7 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	4.6 hours/day
Aug	2.0 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	2.3 hours/day
Sep	3.8 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	4.0 hours/day
Oct	8.1 hours/day	8.6 hours/day	9.3 hours/day	9.0 hours/day	8.6 hours/day
Nov	9.6 hours/day	9.6 hours/day	9.8 hours/day	9.7 hours/day	9.6 hours/day
Dec	8.8 hours/day	8.9 hours/day	9.0 hours/day	9.0 hours/day	8.9 hours/day
Average	8.5 hours/day	8.7 hours/day	8.7 hours/day	9.1 hours/day	9.0 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Feb	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Mar	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Apr	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
May	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Jun	0.2mm	0.2mm	0.4mm	0.4mm	0.2mm
Jul	1.3mm	1.2mm	2.5mm	1.7mm	1.2mm
Aug	5.0mm	4.8mm	6.2mm	6.0mm	4.8mm
Sep	5.3mm	4.9mm	5.6mm	5.6mm	4.9mm
Oct	0.8mm	0.7mm	1.3mm	0.9mm	0.7mm
Nov	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Dec	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Average	1.1mm	1.0mm	1.0mm	1.2mm	1.3mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	28.4km/h	27.5km/h	21.7km/h	24.2km/h	27.5km/h
Feb	29.8km/h	28.9km/h	23.0km/h	25.7km/h	28.9km/h
Mar	30.6km/h	29.4km/h	23.7km/h	26.0km/h	29.4km/h
Apr	30.5km/h	29.7km/h	24.6km/h	26.7km/h	29.7km/h
May	26.8km/h	26.0km/h	23.3km/h	24.0km/h	26.0km/h
Jun	22.8km/h	22.2km/h	22.0km/h	21.8km/h	22.2km/h
Jul	21.9km/h	21.4km/h	20.8km/h	20.8km/h	21.4km/h
Aug	22.2km/h	21.6km/h	19.4km/h	20.1km/h	21.6km/h
Sep	22.0km/h	21.0km/h	17.0km/h	18.5km/h	21.0km/h
Oct	21.9km/h	21.0km/h	17.5km/h	19.1km/h	21.0km/h
Nov	25.8km/h	24.7km/h	18.8km/h	21.4km/h	24.7km/h
Dec	28.0km/h	27.0km/h	21.0km/h	23.5km/h	27.0km/h
Average	25.9km/h	25.0km/h	25.0km/h	22.7km/h	21.1km/h

Humidity

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	63.5%	55.6%	17.7%	29.1%	55.6%
Feb	70.7%	63.0%	21.8%	36.5%	63.0%
Mar	76.9%	70.8%	31.4%	47.9%	70.8%
Apr	80.6%	74.5%	35.1%	51.3%	74.5%
May	82.9%	78.2%	44.6%	58.6%	78.2%
Jun	81.8%	78.7%	52.9%	64.2%	78.7%
Jul	80.8%	78.9%	60.9%	69.1%	78.9%
Aug	80.7%	79.5%	68.7%	73.3%	79.5%
Sep	80.2%	79.3%	70.9%	74.6%	79.3%
Oct	76.0%	73.7%	55.4%	63.1%	73.7%
Nov	67.2%	62.6%	30.0%	43.8%	62.6%
Dec	62.9%	56.4%	21.1%	33.0%	56.4%
Average	75.4%	70.9%	70.9%	53.7%	42.5%

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Astronomy

The sunrise times are fairly consistent across all cities, ranging from 6:34 to 6:40 in June and 7:32 to 7:38 in January. Sunset times also show a similar pattern, with the earliest sunsets in November and latest in July for all locations.
Day length is almost identical in Dakar, Pikine, Guediawaye and Thies, while Touba has slightly earlier sunrise, later sunset, and thus a slightly longer day in June. The shortest day occurs in December for all cities with approximately 11 hours and 15-16 minutes of daylight.

Sunrise Time

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	7:38	7:38	7:32	7:37	7:38
Feb	7:34	7:34	7:28	7:32	7:34
Mar	7:17	7:17	7:11	7:15	7:17
Apr	6:56	6:56	6:50	6:54	6:56
May	6:42	6:42	6:35	6:40	6:42
Jun	6:41	6:41	6:34	6:38	6:41
Jul	6:49	6:48	6:42	6:46	6:48
Aug	6:56	6:55	6:49	6:53	6:55
Sep	6:59	6:58	6:52	6:56	6:58
Oct	7:02	7:02	6:55	6:59	7:02
Nov	7:11	7:11	7:05	7:10	7:11
Dec	7:28	7:28	7:22	7:26	7:28
Average	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:00

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	19:00	19:00	18:53	18:58	19:00
Feb	19:14	19:14	19:07	19:12	19:14
Mar	19:20	19:20	19:14	19:18	19:20
Apr	19:25	19:24	19:18	19:22	19:24
May	19:31	19:31	19:25	19:29	19:31
Jun	19:40	19:40	19:34	19:38	19:40
Jul	19:43	19:43	19:37	19:41	19:43
Aug	19:32	19:32	19:26	19:30	19:32
Sep	19:11	19:11	19:05	19:09	19:11
Oct	18:49	18:49	18:43	18:47	18:49
Nov	18:38	18:38	18:32	18:36	18:38
Dec	18:44	18:43	18:37	18:41	18:43
Average	19:12	19:12	19:12	19:12	19:06

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Dakar	Pikine	Touba	Thies	Guediawaye
Jan	11:22 hours	11:22 hours	11:21 hours	11:22 hours	11:22 hours
Feb	11:40 hours	11:40 hours	11:40 hours	11:40 hours	11:40 hours
Mar	12:04 hours	12:04 hours	12:03 hours	12:03 hours	12:04 hours
Apr	12:25 hours	12:24 hours	12:18 hours	12:22 hours	12:24 hours
May	12:31 hours	12:31 hours	12:25 hours	12:29 hours	12:31 hours
Jun	12:40 hours	12:40 hours	12:34 hours	12:38 hours	12:40 hours
Jul	12:43 hours	12:43 hours	12:37 hours	12:41 hours	12:43 hours
Aug	12:32 hours	12:32 hours	12:26 hours	12:30 hours	12:32 hours
Sep	12:11 hours	12:11 hours	12:05 hours	12:09 hours	12:11 hours
Oct	11:47 hours	11:47 hours	11:43 hours	11:47 hours	11:47 hours
Nov	11:27 hours	11:26 hours	11:26 hours	11:26 hours	11:26 hours
Dec	11:16 hours	11:16 hours	11:16 hours	11:16 hours	11:16 hours
Average	12:06 hours	12:00 hours	12:00 hours	12:00 hours	12:00 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.