Vélingara weather in July

In July, Vélingara sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 150 mm of rain across 17.4 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Vélingara's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vélingara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
10th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
150 mm
17.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:41 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Vélingara is city of Senegal.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical July day in Vélingara reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 4°C cooler than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Vélingara

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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
31
11 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Vélingara weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 20°0011.33.4
Feb37° / 22°10.211.61.8
Mar40° / 24°0011.90.3
Apr41° / 26°00.112.30.0
May40° / 27°51.212.60.1
Jun37° / 27°396.812.81.5
Jul33° / 25°15017.412.72.9
Aug31° / 24°23522.812.43.0
Sep32° / 24°1831912.13.1
Oct34° / 24°518.611.73.1
Nov35° / 22°40.811.42.8
Dec35° / 20°20.111.23.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23268
33268
43070
53070
62971
72872
82773
92674
102674
112575
122377
132377
142179
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Vélingara gets around 150 mm of rain over 17.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 56% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
142
244
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447
548
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750
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951
1052
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2260
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3066
3167

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1156826
2146728
3146629
4136531
5036532
6036433
7026335
8026236
9026137
10026038
11025939
12015940
13015841
14015742
15015643
16015643
17015544
18015445
19015346
20015247
21005248
22005149
23004951
24004951
25004852
26004753
27004555
28004456
29004357
30004258
31004060

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of July to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:377:23
212.86:377:23
312.86:377:23
412.86:387:23
512.86:387:23
612.86:387:23
712.76:387:23
812.76:397:23
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1012.76:397:23
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 4.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
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45.2Bright
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105.0Bright
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274.5Bright
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294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Vélingara

In seasonPeak

In July, Vélingara sits inside its monsoon and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Vélingara sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in June.

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

Is July a good time to visit Vélingara?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vélingara.

What to pack for Vélingara in July

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

In July, Vélingara sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Vélingara in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks 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 Vélingara 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Vélingara in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Vélingara is worst in February — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1777 µg/m³Aug 1918 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan58Unhealthy
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr57Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun47Poor
Jul25Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct37Poor
Nov52Poor
Dec56Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Vélingara?

Vélingara sits at 13.2°N, 14.1°W, 50 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Diaoubé, 27 km away.

Médina GounasTambacoundaKoldaGabúKoumpentoumKamabi

Topography around Vélingara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vélingara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m.

The land around Vélingara is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and shrubs (33%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), shrubs (28%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
94 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
July weather nearby: Diaoubé 27 km · Farato 30 km · Médina Gounas 39 km · Tambacounda 84 km · Kolda 94 km · Gabú 97 km · Koumpentoum 105 km · Kamabi 113 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 Vélingara (13.15°, -14.1167°, elevation 50 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).