Nioro du Rip climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nioro du Rip?

Nioro du Rip has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 728 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nioro du Rip?

The hottest day measured in Nioro du Rip between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1996, reaching 43.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nioro du Rip?

The coldest day measured in Nioro du Rip between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1968, at 11.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nioro du Rip?

Almost never: Nioro du Rip sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Nioro du Rip warmed?

Yes: Nioro du Rip warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nioro du Rip?

The wettest day measured in Nioro du Rip between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 2021, with 202 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nioro du Rip?

The windiest day measured in Nioro du Rip between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1961, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nioro du Rip?

The warmest month in Nioro du Rip is May (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nioro du Rip?

Nioro du Rip receives on average 728 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nioro du Rip?

Nioro du Rip gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nioro du Rip (Senegal) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 728 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Nioro du Rip averages 0 frost days, 327 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.

Nioro du Rip has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.8 °C (on 6 May 1996) and the coldest 11.5 °C (on 2 February 1968).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Nioro du RipKaolack

coords: 13.75°, -15.80°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthApril

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

33.7°C

Average daily low

21.9°C

Annual rainfall

728mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

4.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

327 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

77 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.2 °C

Average feels-like low

23.0 °C

Average peak gust

29.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

273 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

43.8 °C

6 May 1996

Coldest day

11.5 °C

2 February 1968

Wettest day

202 mm

19 August 2021

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

5 September 1961

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

29 August 1942

Hottest feels-like

47.5 °C

2 April 2020

Coldest feels-like

8.0 °C

1 February 1968

Sunniest day

12.1 h

5 July 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.8 °C6 April 2025	15.1 °C15 December 2025	27.4 °C	758 mm	346
2024	42.7 °C3 April 2024	16.2 °C15 January 2024	27.7 °C	809 mm	345
2023	41.2 °C28 May 2023	14.2 °C30 January 2023	27.8 °C	622 mm	352
2022	41.9 °C8 April 2022	14.0 °C16 December 2022	27.2 °C	865 mm	347
2021	43.1 °C14 May 2021	15.2 °C25 January 2021	27.9 °C	756 mm	355
2020	42.2 °C2 April 2020	14.2 °C8 January 2020	27.8 °C	787 mm	352
2019	40.6 °C29 April 2019	14.8 °C27 December 2019	27.3 °C	515 mm	355
2018	40.7 °C6 April 2018	14.5 °C14 January 2018	27.3 °C	684 mm	343
2017	41.8 °C1 April 2017	15.5 °C7 January 2017	28.1 °C	564 mm	351
2016	41.5 °C14 April 2016	15.8 °C5 February 2016	27.7 °C	605 mm	352
2015	40.7 °C9 April 2015	14.6 °C22 December 2015	27.2 °C	701 mm	344
2014	40.5 °C24 May 2014	12.5 °C30 December 2014	27.2 °C	542 mm	346
2013	40.7 °C16 April 2013	14.2 °C7 January 2013	27.4 °C	680 mm	340
2012	40.0 °C8 May 2012	14.5 °C27 January 2012	27.4 °C	762 mm	337
2011	40.5 °C5 May 2011	14.2 °C20 December 2011	27.4 °C	535 mm	350
2010	40.9 °C23 February 2010	15.0 °C27 January 2010	27.8 °C	819 mm	350
2009	41.0 °C29 April 2009	12.9 °C21 January 2009	27.0 °C	766 mm	326
2008	42.2 °C4 May 2008	14.1 °C8 January 2008	27.2 °C	760 mm	345
2007	39.8 °C11 May 2007	15.4 °C31 December 2007	27.2 °C	476 mm	339
2006	40.4 °C29 May 2006	14.5 °C21 December 2006	27.1 °C	500 mm	339
2005	41.3 °C31 March 2005	15.0 °C29 January 2005	27.7 °C	524 mm	347
2004	39.6 °C18 March 2004	14.8 °C26 January 2004	27.2 °C	393 mm	347
2003	41.4 °C24 April 2003	14.4 °C4 January 2003	27.1 °C	670 mm	336
2002	40.7 °C24 April 2002	16.2 °C11 January 2002	27.5 °C	418 mm	353
2001	41.3 °C11 May 2001	14.4 °C30 January 2001	27.2 °C	604 mm	348
2000	42.4 °C14 April 2000	15.6 °C6 December 2000	27.2 °C	676 mm	346
1999	39.5 °C4 May 1999	15.2 °C14 January 1999	26.8 °C	658 mm	320
1998	40.1 °C1 April 1998	15.9 °C2 January 1998	27.9 °C	416 mm	340
1997	39.1 °C26 April 1997	15.0 °C31 December 1997	27.5 °C	573 mm	346
1996	43.8 °C6 May 1996	14.4 °C15 January 1996	27.3 °C	745 mm	346
1995	40.9 °C29 April 1995	14.7 °C24 December 1995	27.3 °C	730 mm	330
1994	41.9 °C24 April 1994	14.2 °C20 January 1994	27.2 °C	745 mm	326
1993	41.1 °C7 May 1993	14.6 °C30 January 1993	27.3 °C	693 mm	334
1992	39.6 °C26 April 1992	14.3 °C17 January 1992	27.1 °C	482 mm	338
1991	40.6 °C16 May 1991	15.4 °C17 February 1991	27.1 °C	584 mm	340
1990	40.3 °C5 May 1990	14.8 °C2 January 1990	27.4 °C	622 mm	337
1989	40.0 °C29 April 1989	12.6 °C26 December 1989	27.0 °C	761 mm	338
1988	41.2 °C13 April 1988	14.6 °C25 January 1988	27.2 °C	784 mm	324
1987	42.0 °C8 April 1987	14.2 °C11 January 1987	27.3 °C	718 mm	342
1986	40.8 °C25 April 1986	14.7 °C28 February 1986	26.7 °C	670 mm	316
1985	39.9 °C7 April 1985	15.4 °C17 December 1985	26.9 °C	715 mm	308
1984	40.1 °C1 April 1984	14.0 °C25 December 1984	27.1 °C	474 mm	334
1983	40.5 °C19 February 1983	15.0 °C10 January 1983	27.6 °C	581 mm	343
1982	39.8 °C5 April 1982	12.1 °C29 December 1982	26.4 °C	578 mm	310
1981	40.7 °C27 April 1981	13.3 °C25 December 1981	27.3 °C	672 mm	332
1980	41.6 °C28 March 1980	13.8 °C21 December 1980	27.5 °C	590 mm	339
1979	40.1 °C6 May 1979	13.6 °C4 January 1979	27.3 °C	812 mm	327
1978	40.6 °C8 May 1978	14.9 °C26 December 1978	27.1 °C	951 mm	325
1977	41.1 °C4 May 1977	13.6 °C21 January 1977	27.6 °C	492 mm	346
1976	40.3 °C25 April 1976	13.5 °C18 January 1976	26.7 °C	712 mm	301
1975	39.9 °C20 May 1975	14.3 °C18 November 1975	26.6 °C	709 mm	314
1974	39.7 °C13 May 1974	14.4 °C6 December 1974	26.6 °C	702 mm	318
1973	42.4 °C26 April 1973	14.8 °C13 December 1973	27.3 °C	640 mm	339
1972	41.2 °C24 March 1972	13.9 °C5 January 1972	27.1 °C	653 mm	347
1971	40.0 °C19 April 1971	13.2 °C31 December 1971	26.5 °C	799 mm	320
1970	40.7 °C16 April 1970	13.5 °C26 January 1970	27.0 °C	675 mm	334
1969	42.3 °C9 May 1969	14.5 °C25 December 1969	27.1 °C	999 mm	323
1968	38.1 °C14 May 1968	11.5 °C2 February 1968	26.0 °C	613 mm	331
1967	40.0 °C7 June 1967	13.1 °C23 December 1967	26.1 °C	1,130 mm	289
1966	39.8 °C6 May 1966	13.8 °C16 January 1966	26.2 °C	778 mm	303
1965	40.0 °C10 May 1965	12.3 °C10 January 1965	25.8 °C	928 mm	273
1964	41.6 °C24 April 1964	13.8 °C17 December 1964	26.6 °C	879 mm	306
1963	41.8 °C18 May 1963	14.7 °C28 December 1963	26.9 °C	922 mm	317
1962	40.8 °C3 April 1962	13.6 °C9 January 1962	26.4 °C	835 mm	283
1961	42.0 °C11 June 1961	14.6 °C30 December 1961	26.8 °C	941 mm	311
1960	42.0 °C15 May 1960	14.5 °C30 December 1960	27.1 °C	672 mm	315
1959	41.0 °C14 April 1959	15.4 °C3 January 1959	27.1 °C	568 mm	329
1958	41.4 °C6 April 1958	15.1 °C14 January 1958	27.0 °C	883 mm	298
1957	41.3 °C13 May 1957	14.8 °C12 January 1957	26.7 °C	884 mm	299
1956	40.9 °C26 April 1956	14.5 °C3 January 1956	26.6 °C	865 mm	295
1955	41.9 °C24 May 1955	15.7 °C12 February 1955	26.9 °C	1,103 mm	302
1954	40.9 °C17 April 1954	15.1 °C7 February 1954	26.6 °C	1,005 mm	287
1953	40.6 °C11 May 1953	15.6 °C6 January 1953	26.9 °C	763 mm	310
1952	40.8 °C25 May 1952	14.7 °C4 January 1952	26.3 °C	835 mm	296
1951	41.2 °C15 May 1951	14.7 °C15 December 1951	26.4 °C	1,054 mm	291
1950	40.3 °C1 April 1950	15.1 °C2 December 1950	26.5 °C	945 mm	311
1949	40.8 °C19 April 1949	15.4 °C23 December 1949	27.0 °C	805 mm	314
1948	40.4 °C22 May 1948	14.9 °C17 January 1948	26.9 °C	1,115 mm	310
1947	41.3 °C17 April 1947	15.4 °C3 January 1947	27.2 °C	923 mm	317
1946	42.4 °C8 May 1946	14.3 °C15 January 1946	26.9 °C	597 mm	327
1945	40.9 °C26 March 1945	16.1 °C13 January 1945	27.2 °C	778 mm	328
1944	41.9 °C9 May 1944	13.4 °C3 December 1944	27.0 °C	972 mm	302
1943	41.8 °C9 May 1943	14.4 °C7 March 1943	25.9 °C	1,002 mm	272
1942	41.7 °C2 May 1942	15.3 °C31 December 1942	26.8 °C	1,001 mm	307
1941	40.9 °C21 May 1941	15.9 °C15 January 1941	27.9 °C	400 mm	351
1940	41.7 °C20 April 1940	15.5 °C11 February 1940	27.5 °C	731 mm	341

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.9 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

346 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

758 mm

+30 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.2 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	33.8 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	35.8 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Apr	37.4 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
May	36.7 °C	-0.1 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Jun	35.0 °C	0.0 °C	3 mm	-27 mm
Jul	32.4 °C	+0.3 °C	104 mm	-47 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+0.5 °C	310 mm	+34 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+0.8 °C	290 mm	+89 mm
Oct	33.9 °C	+1.1 °C	42 mm	-19 mm
Nov	34.1 °C	+0.1 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Dec	31.6 °C	-0.4 °C	3 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.8 °C

6 Apr 2025

Coldest day

15.1 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

63.1 mm

7 Sep 2025

Windiest day

26.5 km/h

21 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

21 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.4 °C

4 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nioro du Rip?

Nioro du Rip has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 728 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nioro du Rip?

The hottest day measured in Nioro du Rip between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1996, reaching 43.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nioro du Rip?

The coldest day measured in Nioro du Rip between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1968, at 11.5 °C.

Does it snow in Nioro du Rip?

Almost never: Nioro du Rip sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Nioro du Rip warmed?

Yes: Nioro du Rip warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nioro du Rip?

The wettest day measured in Nioro du Rip between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 2021, with 202 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nioro du Rip?

The windiest day measured in Nioro du Rip between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1961, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nioro du Rip?

The warmest month in Nioro du Rip is May (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Nioro du Rip?

Nioro du Rip receives on average 728 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nioro du Rip?

Nioro du Rip gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Nioro du Rip?

Yes: Nioro du Rip has on average 273 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nioro du Rip?

In Nioro du Rip, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 2 April 2020, and the lowest was 8.0 °C on 1 February 1968.

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