Guédiawaye weather in August

In August, Guédiawaye sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 124 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Guédiawaye's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guédiawaye's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
124 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:59 AM – 7:29 PM
Cloud cover
65%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Guédiawaye is town in Senegal.

Density
24,694/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Guédiawaye reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Guédiawaye

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Guédiawaye weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 21°20.211.28.6
Feb22° / 20°10.111.58.5
Mar21° / 20°0011.98.7
Apr21° / 20°0012.38.7
May23° / 22°0012.79.1
Jun25° / 24°10.212.99.0
Jul27° / 26°274.412.87.5
Aug28° / 26°12411.612.56.1
Sep28° / 27°829.812.16.1
Oct28° / 27°222.611.77.3
Nov27° / 26°0011.38.1
Dec25° / 23°10.211.18.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Guédiawaye gets around 124 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
137126
237027
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436928
526929
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Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 7:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:567:36
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.21 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Guédiawaye

In seasonPeak

In August, Guédiawaye sits inside its atlantic hurricane and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Guédiawaye sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

Atlantic hurricane
Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Guédiawaye?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Guédiawaye for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Guédiawaye in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Guédiawaye sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Guédiawaye in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 28°C and coldest in February near 20°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 8 to Feb 3 — about 9.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb20Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr20Refreshing
May22Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep28Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec24Refreshing

UV index in Guédiawaye in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Guédiawaye peaks around March 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighMar 17UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Guédiawaye in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Guédiawaye is worst in January — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (August, 36 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 18108 µg/m³Aug 1937 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan109Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr53Poor
May48Poor
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul49Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep42Poor
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov68Unhealthy
Dec100Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Guédiawaye?

Guédiawaye sits at 14.8°N, 17.4°W, 20 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Pikine, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Guédiawaye

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guédiawaye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m.

The land around Guédiawaye is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and water (36%) within 3 km, water (71%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and water (62%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
89 m
80 km
144 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Pikine 2.0 km · N’diareme limamoulaye 2.0 km · Dakar 10 km · Jaxaay Parcelle Niakoul Rap 13 km · Le Plateau 13 km · Niakoul Rab 14 km · Rufisque 15 km · Rufisque est 15 km

Senegal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,955
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
27%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
23.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 442
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Guédiawaye (14.7745°, -17.4021°, elevation 20 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).