Kolda weather in April

In April, Kolda sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kolda's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kolda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:51 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
30%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Kolda is city and regional capital in Senegal.

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month.

A typical April day in Kolda reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and on par with May.

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How April really feels in Kolda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 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
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kolda weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°00.111.33.8
Feb37° / 21°10.111.62.2
Mar39° / 23°0011.90.8
Apr40° / 24°0012.30.2
May39° / 25°30.712.60.5
Jun36° / 26°447.512.71.8
Jul32° / 25°20421.112.72.8
Aug31° / 24°29326.312.42.8
Sep31° / 24°21122.612.12.9
Oct33° / 24°6410.411.73.5
Nov34° / 21°5111.43.6
Dec34° / 19°10.211.34.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Kolda gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 11% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.17:017:08
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312.17:007:08
412.16:597:08
512.26:587:08
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712.26:577:08
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 7.17 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — April's 7.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Kolda

In seasonPeak

In April, Kolda sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Kolda sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in June.

Monsoon
Dust
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Is April a good time to visit Kolda?

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

0.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kolda.

What to pack for Kolda in April

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

In April, Kolda sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kolda in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kolda peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Kolda in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kolda is worst in February — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.8× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1897 µg/m³Aug 2018 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan63Unhealthy
Feb99Unhealthy
Mar83Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun46Poor
Jul25Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec55Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kolda?

Kolda sits at 12.9°N, 14.9°W, 17 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Sédhiou, 70 km away.

SédhiouDiaoubéBafatáSomaVélingaraFaratoFarafenniGabú

Topography around Kolda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kolda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m.

The land around Kolda is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), trees (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and shrubs (32%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
58 m
80 km
85 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
April weather nearby: Sédhiou 70 km · Diaoubé 84 km · Bafatá 86 km · Soma 88 km · Vélingara 94 km · Farato 97 km · Farafenni 103 km · Gabú 104 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 Kolda (12.8939°, -14.9413°, elevation 17 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. 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).