Best time to visit Saint-Louis

The best time to visit Saint-Louis is December–May, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis, Senegal

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Average daily high and low
Precipitation
Good month
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Made good or best by an event

Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
Month	Average daily high	Average daily low	Precipitation	Verdict
January	25.7 °C / 78 °F	19.3 °C / 67 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
February	25.2 °C / 77 °F	19.3 °C / 67 °F	1 mm / 0 in	best month
March	25.1 °C / 77 °F	19.4 °C / 67 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
April	25 °C / 77 °F	19.7 °C / 67 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
May	25.6 °C / 78 °F	21 °C / 70 °F	0 mm / 0 in	best month
June	26.9 °C / 80 °F	23.5 °C / 74 °F	1 mm / 0.1 in	good month
July	28 °C / 82 °F	25.4 °C / 78 °F	10 mm / 0.4 in	good month
August	28.9 °C / 84 °F	26.4 °C / 80 °F	65 mm / 2.6 in	neither best nor good
September	29.7 °C / 85 °F	26.8 °C / 80 °F	54 mm / 2.1 in	neither best nor good
October	30.5 °C / 87 °F	26.7 °C / 80 °F	7 mm / 0.3 in	neither best nor good
November	29.3 °C / 85 °F	23.8 °C / 75 °F	0 mm / 0 in	good month
December	27 °C / 81 °F	20.8 °C / 69 °F	1 mm / 0 in	best month

Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

Daytime highs
Night-time lows
How warm it feels
Humidity
How much of the day is sunny
Hours of daylight
Monthly rainfall
How many days it rains
Days of heavy rain
Wind
Snowfall and days with snow
Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

JJanuary: best
FFebruary: best
MMarch: best
AApril: best
MMay: best
JJune: good
JJuly: good
AAugust: neither
SSeptember: neither
OOctober: neither
NNovember: good
DDecember: best

Best: December–May
Good: June–July, November

Why these months

January · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 24.4 °C / 76 °F, average daily high 25.7 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, relative humidity 45%, average daily low 19.3 °C / 67 °F.
February · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 24.2 °C / 76 °F, average daily high 25.2 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, relative humidity 52%, average daily low 19.3 °C / 67 °F.
March · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 25.1 °C / 77 °F, average daily high 25.1 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, relative humidity 62%, average daily low 19.4 °C / 67 °F.
April · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 25.4 °C / 78 °F, average daily high 25 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 19.7 °C / 67 °F, relative humidity 70%.
May · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 27 °C / 81 °F, average daily high 25.6 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 21 °C / 70 °F, relative humidity 73%.
June · good
In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, average daily high 26.9 °C / 80 °F, feels like (high) 30 °C / 86 °F, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0 days.
Against: average daily low 23.5 °C / 74 °F, relative humidity 79%.
July · good
In its favour: precipitation 10 mm / 0.4 in, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, wet days 2 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, average daily high 28 °C / 82 °F.
Against: feels like (high) 32.1 °C / 90 °F, average daily low 25.4 °C / 78 °F, relative humidity 81%.
November · good
In its favour: precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily high 29.3 °C / 85 °F, relative humidity 58%.
Against: feels like (high) 30.7 °C / 87 °F, average daily low 23.8 °C / 75 °F.
December · best
In its favour: feels like (high) 26.4 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 88%, average daily high 27 °C / 81 °F, wet days 0.3 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, relative humidity 49%, average daily low 20.8 °C / 69 °F.

Beach and swimming

Hot, dry and sunny. Penalises the monsoon hard.

JJanuary: best
FFebruary: best
MMarch: best
AApril: best
MMay: best
JJune: best
JJuly: best
AAugust: best
SSeptember: best
OOctober: best
NNovember: best
DDecember: best

Best: January–December

Why these months

January · best
In its favour: precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, average daily high 25.7 °C / 78 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, feels like (high) 24.4 °C / 76 °F, average daily low 19.3 °C / 67 °F, wind (daily max) 26 km/h / 16 mph.
February · best
In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, average daily high 25.2 °C / 77 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, feels like (high) 24.2 °C / 76 °F, average daily low 19.3 °C / 67 °F, wind (daily max) 27 km/h / 17 mph.
March · best
In its favour: precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, average daily high 25.1 °C / 77 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, feels like (high) 25.1 °C / 77 °F, average daily low 19.4 °C / 67 °F, wind (daily max) 28 km/h / 17 mph.
April · best
In its favour: precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, average daily high 25 °C / 77 °F, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, feels like (high) 25.4 °C / 78 °F, average daily low 19.7 °C / 67 °F, wind (daily max) 29 km/h / 18 mph.
May · best
In its favour: precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, average daily high 25.6 °C / 78 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, feels like (high) 27 °C / 81 °F, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 21 °C / 70 °F, wind (daily max) 28 km/h / 17 mph.
June · best
In its favour: average daily high 26.9 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 1 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, feels like (high) 30 °C / 86 °F, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 23.5 °C / 74 °F, wind (daily max) 25 km/h / 16 mph.
July · best
In its favour: average daily high 28 °C / 82 °F, precipitation 10 mm / 0.4 in, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, feels like (high) 32.1 °C / 90 °F, wet days 2 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, average daily low 25.4 °C / 78 °F, wind (daily max) 25 km/h / 16 mph.
August · best
In its favour: average daily high 28.9 °C / 84 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, precipitation 65 mm / 2.6 in, feels like (high) 33.9 °C / 93 °F, days with heavy rain 2 days, wet days 8.5 days, average daily low 26.4 °C / 80 °F, wind (daily max) 23 km/h / 14 mph.
September · best
In its favour: average daily high 29.7 °C / 85 °F, precipitation 54 mm / 2.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, days with heavy rain 1.8 days, feels like (high) 35.4 °C / 96 °F, wet days 8.2 days, wind (daily max) 22 km/h / 13 mph, average daily low 26.8 °C / 80 °F.
October · best
In its favour: average daily high 30.5 °C / 87 °F, precipitation 7 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 1.2 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, feels like (high) 34.7 °C / 94 °F, average daily low 26.7 °C / 80 °F, wind (daily max) 24 km/h / 15 mph.
November · best
In its favour: average daily high 29.3 °C / 85 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, feels like (high) 30.7 °C / 87 °F, wet days 0.1 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 23.8 °C / 75 °F, wind (daily max) 24 km/h / 15 mph.
December · best
In its favour: average daily high 27 °C / 81 °F, precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 88%, feels like (high) 26.4 °C / 80 °F, wet days 0.3 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 20.8 °C / 69 °F, wind (daily max) 25 km/h / 16 mph.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Estación de Esquí y Montaña de Sierra Nevada, 2671 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Feels like (high)	24.4 °C	24.2 °C	25.1 °C	25.4 °C	27 °C	30 °C	32.1 °C	33.9 °C	35.4 °C	34.7 °C	30.7 °C	26.4 °C
Days with heavy rain	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0.2 days	2 days	1.8 days	0.1 days	0 days	0 days
Time rain usually falls	6 am	3 am	7 am	12 am	1 pm	7 am	7 pm	6 pm	5 pm	4 pm	3 pm	4 am
Sunshine per day	10.4 h	10.7 h	11.4 h	11.9 h	11.9 h	11.9 h	11.7 h	11 h	11.2 h	11.2 h	10.5 h	9.9 h
Relative humidity	45%	52%	62%	70%	73%	79%	81%	82%	82%	73%	58%	49%
Wet days	0 days	0.1 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0.4 days	2 days	8.5 days	8.2 days	1.2 days	0.1 days	0.3 days
Daylight per day	11.3 h	11.6 h	12.1 h	12.5 h	12.9 h	13.1 h	13 h	12.6 h	12.2 h	11.8 h	11.4 h	11.2 h
Days with snow	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days
Snowfall	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Wind (daily mean)	21 km/h	23 km/h	23 km/h	24 km/h	22 km/h	20 km/h	19 km/h	17 km/h	15 km/h	17 km/h	19 km/h	20 km/h
Wind gusts (daily max)	35 km/h	37 km/h	38 km/h	40 km/h	39 km/h	36 km/h	37 km/h	35 km/h	33 km/h	34 km/h	34 km/h	35 km/h

Sea temperature

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature 2022–2025	20.9 °C	18.9 °C	18.2 °C	19.1 °C	21.1 °C	24.2 °C	27.4 °C	28.6 °C	29 °C	28.4 °C	25.3 °C	22.2 °C
Sea temperature (daily max) 2022–2025	21 °C	19 °C	18.3 °C	19.3 °C	21.3 °C	24.4 °C	27.5 °C	28.7 °C	29.2 °C	28.5 °C	25.4 °C	22.3 °C

Very cold 10 °C or less
Cold 10 to 15 °C
Cool 15 to 20 °C
Comfortable 20 to 25 °C
Warm 25 to 28 °C
Very warm over 28 °C

The words describe how the water feels to swim in. They are ours, not an official standard.

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–2025	30.5 µg/m³	39 µg/m³	28.2 µg/m³	29 µg/m³	35.9 µg/m³	28.6 µg/m³	25.1 µg/m³	14.9 µg/m³	19.8 µg/m³	24.9 µg/m³	19.9 µg/m³	29 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–2025	40.2 µg/m³	54.3 µg/m³	43 µg/m³	42.2 µg/m³	51.3 µg/m³	39.9 µg/m³	32.6 µg/m³	20.3 µg/m³	29 µg/m³	33.6 µg/m³	26.8 µg/m³	39.1 µg/m³

Good 15 µg/m³ or less
Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

World Heritage sites nearby

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Island of Saint-Louis
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