Climate and average weather in Linguère

In Linguère, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are hot and mostly clear.

Best: mid December to early February

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Linguère typically varies from 18°C to 40°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 43°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Linguère for warm-weather activities is from mid December to early February.

Hottest
May
40°
Coldest
Jan
18°
Wettest
Aug
95 mm
Driest
Apr
0 mm
Rain / yr
234 mm
31 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
21 m
15.4°N
Clearest
Mar
27% cloud

Linguère is departmental capital in Senegal.

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

Linguère 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 mid December to early February.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 2.8 months, from March 29 to June 20, with daily high temperatures above 38°C. The hottest month of the year in Linguère is May, with an average high of 40°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 1.9 months, from December 8 to February 4, with daily high temperatures below 33°C. The coldest month of the year in Linguère is January, with an average low of 18°C and high of 32°C.

Days typically run about 13°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in April.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3218
Feb3420
Mar3722
Apr3924
May4025
Jun3825
Jul3626
Aug3425
Sep3425
Oct3725
Nov3622
Dec3319

How hot and cold Linguère 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, Linguère feels like about 42°C (around September 24). About 341 days a year carry some heat stress, and 186 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in September.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan32321818
Feb34342020
Mar37372222
Apr39392324
May40402525
Jun40382525
Jul40362626
Aug40342525
Sep41342525
Oct39372525
Nov36362222
Dec33331919

Average hourly temperature in Linguère

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 May afternoons, near 40°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 18°C.

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

Linguère 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
Jan32° / 18°30.211.25.2
Feb34° / 20°10.111.53.8
Mar37° / 22°10.111.92.1
Apr39° / 24°0012.30.7
May40° / 25°0012.70.1
Jun38° / 25°80.812.91.1
Jul36° / 26°355.512.82.4
Aug34° / 25°9510.912.52.9
Sep34° / 25°739.512.12.9
Oct37° / 25°173.511.71.9
Nov36° / 22°10.111.32.7
Dec33° / 19°10.211.14.5

Chance of rain

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

Linguère gets about 234 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.7 months, from around Jul 1 to Oct 21, peaking in August at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 25.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 95 mm over about 11 wet days; April is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 25 · 41%Jan 25 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr00
May00
Jun31
Jul176
Aug3511
Sep3110
Oct124
Nov10
Dec10

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Linguère collects about 234 mm of rain across 31 wet days — roughly 19 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 95 mm, while April is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 87% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3110083595731711
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan30
Feb10
Mar10
Apr00
May00
Jun81
Jul356
Aug9511
Sep7310
Oct174
Nov10
Dec10

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Linguère, 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 January 16 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around July 9. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around July 10 and lasts for 2.9 months, ending around October 6. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 63% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 8 · 85%Aug 23 · 33%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6436
Feb7030
Mar8020
Apr8218
May8218
Jun7822
Jul5941
Aug3763
Sep5050
Oct6733
Nov5941
Dec5842

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 2, brings about 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.27:346:45
Feb11.57:307:00
Mar11.97:137:07
Apr12.36:507:11
May12.76:357:18
Jun12.96:337:28
Jul12.86:417:31
Aug12.56:497:20
Sep12.16:526:57
Oct11.76:566:35
Nov11.37:086:24
Dec11.17:246:29

Sunny days

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

Linguère averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.9 months, from around Jan 11 to Jul 8. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 6 sunny days — about 73% fewer than the May peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantMay 823 daysAug 235 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan16Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar22Bright
Apr21Bright
May22Bright
Jun19Bright
Jul13Mixed
Aug6Gloomy
Sep9Mixed
Oct17Bright
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 Linguère, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.3 months, from around May 25 to October 31. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 1 to May 24, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 24 · 100%Jul 7 · 0%miserableoppressivehumidmuggydrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9631000
Feb9441000
Mar9271000
Apr77203000
May363422800
Jun492547150
Jul00231588
Aug00045244
Sep00134353
Oct12111619338
Nov691610410
Dec9262100

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 Linguère is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.3 months, from around Dec 18 to Jul 28. The windiest month is April, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jul 29 to Dec 17, with October the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeApr 23 · 14 km/hOct 18 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May14light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug11calm
Sep10calm
Oct10calm
Nov11calm
Dec13light breeze

Hazard calendar for Linguère

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Best time to visit Linguère

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late December, Linguère 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 Linguère for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid December to early February, with a peak score in the second week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 13 · 5.4

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
Jan5.1fair
Feb3.8fair
Mar2.1poor
Apr0.7poor
May0.1poor
Jun1.2poor
Jul2.4poor
Aug2.9poor
Sep2.9poor
Oct1.9poor
Nov2.7poor
Dec4.5fair

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 Linguère for hot-weather activities is from late November to early March, with a peak score in the third week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 16 · 8.2

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 Linguère, 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.

For a warm-season trip around May (highs near 40°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 32°C), pack light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Linguère sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Linguère 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 Linguère peaks around March 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighMar 21UV 13Dec 18UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Linguère

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)
Jan6.53.5
Feb7.55.5
Mar86
Apr86.5
May86
Jun85.5
Jul85.5
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct75
Nov6.54
Dec5.51

Air quality in Linguère 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 Linguère is worst in February — around 112 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 28 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 12110 µg/m³Aug 2129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan100Unhealthy
Feb112Unhealthy
Mar87Unhealthy
Apr86Unhealthy
May86Unhealthy
Jun86Unhealthy
Jul46Poor
Aug28Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct51Poor
Nov52Poor
Dec89Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Linguère 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. Linguère banks about 7,038 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan459
Feb472
Mar597
Apr636
May690
Jun650
Jul639
Aug609
Sep590
Oct644
Nov562
Dec490

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.

Linguère receives about 6.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 5.1 and 7.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.0 months, from around Feb 21 to Jul 21. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 5.1 kWh/m² — roughly 30% less than the May peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 47.5 kWhDec 215.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.4Bright
Feb6.0Intense
Mar7.0Intense
Apr7.4Intense
May7.4Intense
Jun7.1Intense
Jul6.4Intense
Aug5.6Bright
Sep6.0Bright
Oct6.1Intense
Nov5.6Bright
Dec5.1Bright

Where is Linguère?

Linguère sits at 15.4°N, 15.1°W, 21 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Ndibène Dahra, 39 km away.

Ndibène DahraDaraToubaMbakéKeur MédouneLougaDaganaRichard-Toll

Topography around Linguère

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Linguère has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m.

The land around Linguère is covered by grassland (77%) within 3 km, grassland (89%) within 16 km, and grassland (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
55 m
80 km
65 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Ndibène Dahra 39 km · Dara 39 km · Touba 100 km · Mbaké 108 km · Keur Médoune 110 km · Louga 121 km · Dagana 131 km · Richard-Toll 134 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 Linguère (15.3953°, -15.1193°, elevation 21 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).