Climate and average weather in Faji Kunda

In Faji Kunda, the weather is oppressive, hot, wet, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around August.

Best: early December to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Faji Kunda typically varies from 21°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 19°C or above 31°C. October is the hottest month of the year, while April is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Faji Kunda for warm-weather activities is from early December to late June.

Hottest
Oct
30°
Coldest
Apr
21°
Wettest
Aug
246 mm
Driest
Apr
0 mm
Rain / yr
601 mm
65 wet days
Daylight
11.2–12.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
16 m
13.4°N
Clearest
Mar
26% cloud

Faji Kunda weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early December to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Faji Kunda, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Faji Kunda stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is October, with an average high of 30°C and low of 27°C; the coolest is April, with an average low of 21°C and high of 25°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2621
Feb2621
Mar2621
Apr2521
May2623
Jun2725
Jul2826
Aug2826
Sep2926
Oct3027
Nov2926
Dec2722

How hot and cold Faji Kunda really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Faji Kunda feels like about 36°C (around October 8). About 134 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in October.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan26262121
Feb26262121
Mar26262121
Apr25252121
May25262323
Jun29272525
Jul32282626
Aug33282626
Sep35292626
Oct36302727
Nov32292626
Dec28272222

Average hourly temperature in Faji Kunda

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on October afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in April, near 21°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Faji Kunda weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 21°20.211.38.6
Feb26° / 21°10.111.68.7
Mar26° / 21°00.111.99.0
Apr25° / 21°0012.39.1
May26° / 23°10.212.68.8
Jun27° / 25°91.612.87.9
Jul28° / 26°11813.512.75.3
Aug28° / 26°24622.212.44.1
Sep29° / 26°17418.612.14.3
Oct30° / 27°497.411.75.7
Nov29° / 26°10.411.46.7
Dec27° / 22°10.211.28.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Faji Kunda gets about 601 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.7 months, from around Jun 30 to Oct 21, peaking in August at about 75% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 26.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 246 mm over about 22 wet days; April is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 23 · 75%Jan 26 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan10
Feb00
Mar00
Apr00
May10
Jun62
Jul4314
Aug7122
Sep6119
Oct257
Nov20
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Faji Kunda collects about 601 mm of rain across 65 wet days — roughly 50 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 246 mm, while April is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 90% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec210191182461744911
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan20
Feb10
Mar00
Apr00
May10
Jun92
Jul11814
Aug24622
Sep17419
Oct497
Nov10
Dec10

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Faji Kunda, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 19 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around June 22. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 23 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around October 12. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 79% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 2 · 85%Aug 23 · 20%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6733
Feb7228
Mar8119
Apr8218
May7822
Jun6337
Jul3565
Aug2179
Sep3565
Oct6040
Nov6040
Dec5941

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 5, brings about 12 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.37:376:55
Feb11.67:357:08
Mar11.97:197:14
Apr12.36:587:16
May12.66:447:21
Jun12.86:437:30
Jul12.76:517:34
Aug12.46:577:24
Sep12.16:597:03
Oct11.77:016:43
Nov11.47:116:33
Dec11.27:266:39

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Faji Kunda averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.9 months, from around Dec 22 to Jun 18. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 22 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 2 sunny days — about 93% fewer than the April peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantApr 123 daysAug 201 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan16Bright
Feb17Bright
Mar22Bright
Apr21Bright
May21Bright
Jun14Mixed
Jul5Gloomy
Aug2Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct14Mixed
Nov14Mixed
Dec14Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Faji Kunda, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.4 months, from around March 22 to December 2. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 3 to March 21, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 68% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 17 · 69%May 4 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivecomfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan264227510
Feb184133700
Mar321561910
Apr03454930
May00758331
Jun00067717
Jul00014851
Aug00002773
Sep00001585
Oct00022078
Nov0312333517
Dec727342280

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Faji Kunda is typically light breeze, near 16 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Dec 17 to Jun 27. The windiest month is March, averaging about 19 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 28 to Dec 16, with September the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezebreezyMar 29 · 19 km/hSep 30 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan17light breeze
Feb18light breeze
Mar19light breeze
Apr19light breeze
May17light breeze
Jun16light breeze
Jul16light breeze
Aug15light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct12calm
Nov14light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Hazard calendar for Faji Kunda

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Faji Kunda sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Faji Kunda's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Faji Kunda sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in June.

Atlantic hurricane
Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Faji Kunda

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Faji Kunda throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid December, Faji Kunda is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Faji Kunda for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to late June, with a peak score in the first week of April.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 2 · 9.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan8.6ideal
Feb8.7ideal
Mar9.0ideal
Apr9.1ideal
May8.8ideal
Jun7.8ideal
Jul5.4fair
Aug4.1fair
Sep4.3fair
Oct5.6good
Nov6.7good
Dec8.0ideal

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Faji Kunda for hot-weather activities is from mid October to early July, with a peak score in the last week of November.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 22 · 8.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Faji Kunda, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Faji Kunda packs about the same all year — highs hold near 30°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In October, Faji Kunda sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Faji Kunda

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in October at about 29°C and coldest in March near 20°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 24 to Mar 8 — about 11.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swimcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan22Refreshing
Feb20Refreshing
Mar20Cool
Apr20Refreshing
May23Refreshing
Jun26Warm
Jul28Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec24Warm

UV index (midday) in Faji Kunda by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Faji Kunda peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Average hourly UV index in Faji Kunda

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan6.54
Feb75
Mar86
Apr86
May86
Jun85.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct75
Nov6.54
Dec63

Air quality in Faji Kunda by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Faji Kunda is worst in February — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (August, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1397 µg/m³Aug 2024 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan89Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May52Poor
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul36Poor
Aug24Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct50Poor
Nov64Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Faji Kunda is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Faji Kunda banks about 5,647 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around October.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan406
Feb371
Mar414
Apr395
May438
Jun485
Jul531
Aug533
Sep527
Oct566
Nov521
Dec460

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Faji Kunda receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.9 and 7.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around Feb 12 to Jul 1. The brightest month is April, averaging about 7.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 5.0 kWh/m² — roughly 30% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 307.2 kWhAug 254.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.5Bright
Feb6.0Intense
Mar6.9Intense
Apr7.2Intense
May7.1Intense
Jun6.5Intense
Jul5.5Bright
Aug5.0Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct5.8Bright
Nov5.6Bright
Dec5.2Bright

Where is Faji Kunda?

Faji Kunda sits at 13.4°N, 16.7°W, 16 m above sea level, in Gambia. The nearest listed city is Talinding, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Faji Kunda

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Faji Kunda.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Faji Kunda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m.

The land around Faji Kunda is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and mangroves (20%) within 3 km, water (52%) within 16 km, and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
40 m
80 km
53 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Talinding 1.0 km · Latri Sabiji 1.0 km · Welingara 2.0 km · Abuko 2.0 km · Ibo Town 2.0 km · Bununka Kunda 2.0 km · Serekunda 3.0 km · Kunkujang 3.0 km

Gambia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 25% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$919
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
48%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
29.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 96%Christian 4%other or none 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Faji Kunda (13.4178°, -16.6667°, elevation 16 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).