Sédhiou in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Sédhiou sees average daytime highs around 37°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 2 mm of rain over about 1 wet days across the season. It is the warmest season of the year and the driest season of the year.

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 37°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels muggy.

Spring is Sédhiou's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Sédhiou's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 37°C; warmest season of the year
Avg overnight low: 23°C
Rainfall: 2 mm; 1 wet days
Avg wind: 10 km/h
Travel score: 1.7; weakest season of the year
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Sédhiou in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 37°C.

A typical spring day in Sédhiou reaches about 37°C and drops to 23°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is April, the coolest March.

How spring really feels in Sédhiou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 92 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

35 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Sédhiou weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 19°	0	0.1	11.3	4.4
Feb	35° / 20°	1	0.1	11.6	3.0
Mar	37° / 22°	0	0	11.9	1.9
Apr	38° / 23°	0	0	12.3	1.5
May	37° / 24°	2	0.5	12.6	1.7
Jun	35° / 25°	45	7.3	12.7	2.5
Jul	31° / 25°	223	22.3	12.7	3.0
Aug	30° / 24°	331	27.5	12.4	2.8
Sep	31° / 24°	238	23.3	12.1	2.9
Oct	33° / 24°	75	12.3	11.7	3.5
Nov	33° / 22°	6	1.4	11.4	4.0
Dec	33° / 19°	2	0.2	11.3	4.5

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitation

Sédhiou gets around 2 mm of rain over 1 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

Wind in Spring

Winds average 10 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min in early March to 12 h 42 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 7.0 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Hazard calendar for Sédhiou

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In spring, Sédhiou overlaps its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

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

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

Atlantic hurricane

Monsoon

Dust

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Jun

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Is spring a good time to visit Sédhiou?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

1.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

spring is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sédhiou.

What to pack for Sédhiou in Spring

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

In spring, Sédhiou sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Sédhiou in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sédhiou 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 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	11	13	11	11	11	12	13	12	10	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Sédhiou in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sédhiou is worst in February — around 108 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	71	108	89	61	52	52	28	18	21	39	47	61
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	71	Unhealthy
Feb	108	Unhealthy
Mar	89	Unhealthy
Apr	61	Unhealthy
May	52	Poor
Jun	52	Poor
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	61	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Sédhiou?

Sédhiou sits at 12.7°N, 15.6°W, 21 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Goudomp, 37 km away.

Topography around Sédhiou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sédhiou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m.

The land around Sédhiou is covered by water (37%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

39 m

water 37%

16 km

54 m

trees 43%

80 km

70 m

trees 54%

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Spring weather nearby: Goudomp 37 km · Nema Kunku 70 km · Kolda 70 km · Bignona 73 km · Ziguinchor 79 km · Soma 81 km · Reino de Antula 90 km · Santa-Luzia 91 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

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 Sédhiou (12.7081°, -15.5569°, 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.