Climate and average weather in Sali

In Sali, the weather is 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 July

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Sali typically varies from 19°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 35°C. November is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Nov
33°
Coldest
Aug
26°
Wettest
Aug
154 mm
Driest
Apr
0 mm
Rain / yr
353 mm
43 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
4 m
14.4°N
Clearest
Apr
26% cloud

Sali 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 July.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Sali stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is November, with an average high of 33°C and low of 23°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 26°C and high of 30°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in March.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3019
Feb3019
Mar3119
Apr3020
May3021
Jun3023
Jul3025
Aug3026
Sep3026
Oct3225
Nov3323
Dec3120

How hot and cold Sali 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, Sali feels like about 38°C (around October 8). About 176 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in October.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan30301919
Feb30301919
Mar31311919
Apr30302020
May31302121
Jun33302323
Jul34302525
Aug35302626
Sep37302626
Oct37322525
Nov33332323
Dec31312020

Average hourly temperature in Sali

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 November afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 26°C.

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

Sali 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
Jan30° / 19°20.211.26.6
Feb30° / 19°10.111.56.4
Mar31° / 19°00.111.96.2
Apr30° / 20°0012.36.5
May30° / 21°0012.76.6
Jun30° / 23°20.612.86.5
Jul30° / 25°507.212.85.5
Aug30° / 26°15415.712.54.4
Sep30° / 26°11114.512.14.4
Oct32° / 25°314.511.74.8
Nov33° / 23°10.111.34.7
Dec31° / 20°10.311.25.8

Chance of rain

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

Sali gets about 353 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 3.6 months, from around Jul 5 to Oct 21, peaking in August at about 57% 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 154 mm over about 16 wet days; April is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 28 · 57%Jan 26 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan10
Feb00
Mar00
Apr00
May00
Jun31
Jul237
Aug5016
Sep4715
Oct165
Nov10
Dec10

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Sali collects about 353 mm of rain across 43 wet days — roughly 29 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 154 mm, while April is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 89% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec21002501541113111
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan20
Feb10
Mar00
Apr00
May00
Jun21
Jul507
Aug15416
Sep11115
Oct315
Nov10
Dec10

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Sali, 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 14 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around July 4. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 84% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around July 5 and lasts for 3.1 months, ending around October 7. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 67% 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 · 86%Aug 26 · 27%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6535
Feb7228
Mar8218
Apr8416
May8218
Jun7525
Jul5545
Aug3367
Sep4456
Oct6634
Nov6040
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 17, brings about 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 17, 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)
Jan11.27:406:54
Feb11.57:377:08
Mar11.97:217:15
Apr12.36:597:18
May12.76:447:24
Jun12.86:437:34
Jul12.86:507:37
Aug12.56:587:27
Sep12.17:007:05
Oct11.77:036:43
Nov11.37:146:33
Dec11.27:306:39

Sunny days

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

Sali averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around Jan 12 to Jun 30. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 22 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 4 sunny days — about 81% fewer than the May peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantMay 823 daysAug 273 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan16Bright
Feb17Bright
Mar22Bright
Apr22Bright
May22Bright
Jun18Bright
Jul10Mixed
Aug4Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct16Bright
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 Sali, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around April 25 to November 17. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 18 to April 24, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 94% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 15 · 96%Jun 9 · 0%miserablehumidoppressivemuggycomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan78166100
Feb672310000
Mar384219200
Apr83846700
May19394190
Jun00330642
Jul00057322
Aug00013663
Sep00001684
Oct01283850
Nov14182326173
Dec552114910

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 Sali is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Dec 1 to May 26. The windiest month is April, averaging about 19 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 27 to Nov 30, with September the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyApr 6 · 19 km/hSep 25 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb18light breeze
Mar18light breeze
Apr19light breeze
May16light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug12light breeze
Sep11calm
Oct11calm
Nov14light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Hazard calendar for Sali

In seasonPeak

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

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

Sali sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in June.

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

Best time to visit Sali

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid July, Sali is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Sali for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to late July, with a peak score in the third week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 20 · 6.7

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
Jan6.6good
Feb6.4good
Mar6.2good
Apr6.5good
May6.6good
Jun6.5good
Jul5.5fair
Aug4.4fair
Sep4.4fair
Oct4.8fair
Nov4.7fair
Dec5.8good

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 Sali for hot-weather activities is from early October to late July, with a peak score in the second week of May.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 11 · 9.0

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 Sali, 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.

Sali packs about the same all year — highs hold near 33°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, sun protection and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In November, Sali sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

Sea temperature near Sali

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 14 km away) is warmest in October at about 28°C and coldest in February near 19°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 19 to Jan 29 — about 9.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb19Cool
Mar19Cool
Apr20Cool
May22Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec24Refreshing

UV index (midday) in Sali 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 Sali 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
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Average hourly UV index in Sali

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
Apr85.5
May86
Jun85.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct74.5
Nov6.53.5
Dec62.5

Air quality in Sali 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 Sali is worst in January — around 110 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 31 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 20109 µg/m³Aug 1932 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan110Unhealthy
Feb106Unhealthy
Mar82Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May52Poor
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul45Poor
Aug31Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov74Unhealthy
Dec102Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Sali 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. Sali banks about 5,947 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)
Jan440
Feb410
Mar466
Apr449
May480
Jun497
Jul540
Aug545
Sep534
Oct574
Nov531
Dec481

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.

Sali receives about 6.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 5.1 and 7.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around Feb 17 to Jul 12. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 5.2 kWh/m² — roughly 27% less than the May peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 47.3 kWhAug 275.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.4Bright
Feb6.0Intense
Mar6.9Intense
Apr7.3Intense
May7.2Intense
Jun6.8Intense
Jul5.9Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep5.4Bright
Oct6.0Bright
Nov5.6Bright
Dec5.1Bright

Where is Sali?

Sali sits at 14.4°N, 17.0°W, 4 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Mbour, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Sali

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sali has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m.

The land around Sali is covered by water (48%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (50%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and water (45%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
83 m
80 km
143 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Mbour 6.0 km · Nguékhokh 8.0 km · Thiadiaye 34 km · Joal 35 km · Bargny Guèdj 35 km · Diamniadio 36 km · Sébikhotane 36 km · Bargny 36 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 Sali (14.4411°, -17.0194°, elevation 4 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).