Sedhiou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sedhiou?

Sedhiou has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,068 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sedhiou?

The hottest day measured in Sedhiou between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2020, reaching 42.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sedhiou?

The coldest day measured in Sedhiou between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1982, at 13.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sedhiou?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sedhiou warmed?

Yes: Sedhiou warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sedhiou?

The wettest day measured in Sedhiou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1961, with 286 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sedhiou?

The windiest day measured in Sedhiou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1961, with winds reaching 34.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sedhiou?

The warmest month in Sedhiou is May (30.0 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sedhiou?

Sedhiou receives on average 1,068 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sedhiou?

Sedhiou gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sedhiou (Senegal) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,068 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 (30.0 °C on average) and the coldest is December (24.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Sedhiou averages 0 frost days, 307 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.

Sedhiou has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 31 March 2020) and the coldest 13.3 °C (on 29 December 1982).

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

SedhiouSédhiou

coords: 12.71°, -15.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.3°C

Average daily high

33.4°C

Average daily low

22.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,068mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

5.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

307 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

105 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

24.2 °C

Average peak gust

28.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

291 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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

42.9 °C

31 March 2020

Coldest day

13.3 °C

29 December 1982

Wettest day

286 mm

5 September 1961

Windiest day

34.6 km/h

5 September 1961

Strongest gust

69.1 km/h

29 August 1942

Hottest feels-like

48.8 °C

16 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.0 °C

23 December 1967

Sunniest day

12.0 h

14 July 1980

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.8 °C6 April 2025	15.7 °C21 January 2025	27.7 °C	1,202 mm	333
2024	42.9 °C19 April 2024	16.1 °C22 December 2024	28.1 °C	1,301 mm	333
2023	41.5 °C8 March 2023	15.9 °C30 January 2023	28.1 °C	931 mm	348
2022	41.8 °C6 May 2022	14.2 °C16 December 2022	27.6 °C	1,321 mm	329
2021	40.9 °C8 April 2021	15.3 °C25 January 2021	28.1 °C	1,077 mm	353
2020	42.9 °C31 March 2020	15.4 °C26 November 2020	28.3 °C	1,248 mm	341
2019	40.4 °C9 April 2019	15.1 °C27 December 2019	27.7 °C	806 mm	343
2018	40.1 °C28 March 2018	14.9 °C14 January 2018	27.5 °C	1,223 mm	338
2017	40.6 °C17 April 2017	14.9 °C7 January 2017	28.1 °C	923 mm	344
2016	40.6 °C20 April 2016	16.3 °C18 January 2016	27.9 °C	972 mm	334
2015	41.8 °C9 April 2015	14.9 °C18 December 2015	27.7 °C	1,023 mm	332
2014	40.2 °C25 April 2014	14.2 °C30 December 2014	27.6 °C	825 mm	335
2013	40.7 °C11 April 2013	15.4 °C7 January 2013	27.7 °C	993 mm	322
2012	40.7 °C24 April 2012	15.4 °C22 December 2012	27.8 °C	1,043 mm	326
2011	41.4 °C5 May 2011	14.5 °C20 December 2011	27.8 °C	870 mm	342
2010	40.6 °C22 April 2010	14.8 °C15 January 2010	28.1 °C	968 mm	334
2009	39.8 °C18 April 2009	13.3 °C21 January 2009	27.4 °C	923 mm	323
2008	42.2 °C4 May 2008	14.8 °C8 January 2008	27.7 °C	971 mm	340
2007	40.1 °C23 March 2007	15.7 °C27 December 2007	27.9 °C	702 mm	341
2006	41.3 °C4 April 2006	15.2 °C9 January 2006	27.6 °C	692 mm	344
2005	41.8 °C5 April 2005	16.7 °C16 January 2005	28.2 °C	763 mm	341
2004	39.8 °C19 March 2004	15.1 °C3 January 2004	27.6 °C	700 mm	340
2003	42.2 °C12 April 2003	15.0 °C31 December 2003	27.8 °C	1,038 mm	322
2002	40.9 °C10 May 2002	17.1 °C2 March 2002	27.8 °C	551 mm	345
2001	40.2 °C6 April 2001	15.1 °C23 January 2001	27.6 °C	880 mm	336
2000	41.2 °C14 April 2000	15.5 °C3 December 2000	27.5 °C	1,001 mm	331
1999	39.8 °C12 April 1999	15.7 °C16 December 1999	27.4 °C	1,050 mm	310
1998	40.6 °C12 April 1998	16.2 °C24 January 1998	28.4 °C	715 mm	337
1997	39.3 °C23 May 1997	16.2 °C14 December 1997	27.8 °C	798 mm	341
1996	41.8 °C6 May 1996	15.1 °C5 January 1996	27.8 °C	961 mm	335
1995	41.2 °C29 April 1995	13.7 °C31 December 1995	27.9 °C	1,087 mm	333
1994	42.5 °C24 April 1994	14.9 °C7 January 1994	27.4 °C	997 mm	313
1993	41.7 °C6 May 1993	15.0 °C2 December 1993	27.6 °C	1,093 mm	333
1992	40.8 °C18 April 1992	15.3 °C8 January 1992	27.4 °C	830 mm	325
1991	40.3 °C16 May 1991	15.1 °C5 January 1991	27.7 °C	1,032 mm	324
1990	40.3 °C19 March 1990	15.3 °C6 January 1990	27.7 °C	872 mm	334
1989	39.9 °C28 April 1989	13.8 °C24 December 1989	27.2 °C	1,072 mm	324
1988	40.7 °C10 March 1988	14.8 °C25 January 1988	27.4 °C	946 mm	321
1987	40.5 °C7 April 1987	13.3 °C12 January 1987	27.4 °C	1,115 mm	338
1986	40.6 °C7 April 1986	14.0 °C23 December 1986	26.9 °C	976 mm	310
1985	39.7 °C20 May 1985	14.9 °C7 February 1985	27.1 °C	1,085 mm	292
1984	39.4 °C17 April 1984	14.7 °C25 December 1984	27.0 °C	989 mm	323
1983	41.1 °C7 April 1983	14.2 °C9 January 1983	27.5 °C	941 mm	335
1982	39.6 °C2 April 1982	13.3 °C29 December 1982	26.8 °C	960 mm	314
1981	39.6 °C27 March 1981	14.2 °C25 December 1981	27.3 °C	1,016 mm	318
1980	40.5 °C22 April 1980	14.7 °C21 December 1980	27.2 °C	874 mm	321
1979	40.2 °C28 April 1979	15.1 °C4 January 1979	27.2 °C	1,262 mm	300
1978	39.9 °C19 May 1978	15.6 °C26 December 1978	26.9 °C	1,103 mm	309
1977	39.4 °C27 April 1977	14.5 °C21 January 1977	27.1 °C	822 mm	331
1976	39.8 °C4 May 1976	13.8 °C6 December 1976	26.5 °C	1,113 mm	280
1975	38.9 °C3 April 1975	14.3 °C11 February 1975	26.6 °C	1,321 mm	285
1974	39.9 °C9 May 1974	14.1 °C25 November 1974	26.7 °C	1,146 mm	282
1973	40.3 °C13 March 1973	14.7 °C23 January 1973	27.3 °C	1,079 mm	328
1972	39.8 °C28 April 1972	14.5 °C5 January 1972	27.1 °C	1,144 mm	328
1971	39.4 °C14 April 1971	13.9 °C28 December 1971	26.7 °C	1,281 mm	303
1970	39.9 °C23 March 1970	14.5 °C5 February 1970	27.1 °C	1,044 mm	317
1969	41.7 °C18 March 1969	15.1 °C10 December 1969	27.3 °C	1,381 mm	296
1968	38.2 °C21 April 1968	13.4 °C9 January 1968	26.4 °C	910 mm	310
1967	39.0 °C6 June 1967	13.4 °C8 January 1967	26.3 °C	1,339 mm	268
1966	39.6 °C6 May 1966	15.4 °C4 January 1966	26.7 °C	1,170 mm	285
1965	39.5 °C16 April 1965	13.8 °C10 January 1965	26.3 °C	1,201 mm	234
1964	40.5 °C14 March 1964	15.4 °C16 December 1964	26.8 °C	1,201 mm	261
1963	40.2 °C17 May 1963	16.1 °C11 January 1963	27.0 °C	1,234 mm	294
1962	40.6 °C3 April 1962	14.3 °C9 January 1962	26.6 °C	1,189 mm	247
1961	40.8 °C13 May 1961	15.5 °C14 December 1961	26.9 °C	1,503 mm	283
1960	40.1 °C2 May 1960	15.8 °C30 December 1960	27.1 °C	1,065 mm	284
1959	40.1 °C23 April 1959	15.9 °C1 January 1959	26.8 °C	1,113 mm	287
1958	40.5 °C14 March 1958	16.3 °C13 January 1958	26.9 °C	1,423 mm	231
1957	40.1 °C2 May 1957	14.8 °C12 January 1957	26.8 °C	1,297 mm	258
1956	39.4 °C3 May 1956	15.3 °C3 January 1956	26.7 °C	1,259 mm	244
1955	39.6 °C14 April 1955	15.4 °C23 January 1955	26.8 °C	1,639 mm	263
1954	39.7 °C13 April 1954	15.2 °C8 February 1954	26.6 °C	1,299 mm	244
1953	40.6 °C11 May 1953	16.6 °C6 January 1953	27.1 °C	1,133 mm	281
1952	39.3 °C19 May 1952	15.2 °C4 January 1952	26.5 °C	1,184 mm	269
1951	40.0 °C23 March 1951	16.1 °C15 December 1951	26.5 °C	1,327 mm	253
1950	39.8 °C7 May 1950	16.3 °C1 December 1950	26.4 °C	1,165 mm	261
1949	40.7 °C4 May 1949	15.7 °C19 December 1949	27.1 °C	1,391 mm	283
1948	39.4 °C26 February 1948	16.1 °C17 January 1948	26.8 °C	1,351 mm	276
1947	40.6 °C17 April 1947	15.9 °C3 January 1947	27.1 °C	1,191 mm	277
1946	39.8 °C8 May 1946	15.0 °C2 January 1946	26.9 °C	972 mm	286
1945	40.3 °C26 March 1945	16.4 °C12 January 1945	27.1 °C	1,068 mm	277
1944	39.8 °C12 April 1944	14.5 °C2 December 1944	26.9 °C	1,148 mm	254
1943	40.3 °C9 May 1943	15.5 °C1 January 1943	25.9 °C	1,315 mm	223
1942	41.3 °C11 April 1942	16.4 °C2 January 1942	26.9 °C	1,110 mm	269
1941	40.3 °C30 March 1941	16.7 °C3 January 1941	27.9 °C	596 mm	319
1940	42.1 °C21 April 1940	16.7 °C21 November 1940	27.4 °C	1,014 mm	304

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.0 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

333 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1202 mm

+134 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.0 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	35.3 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	37.1 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Apr	38.1 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
May	37.4 °C	+0.3 °C	3 mm	-2 mm
Jun	35.2 °C	+0.9 °C	25 mm	-46 mm
Jul	31.1 °C	+0.5 °C	226 mm	-22 mm
Aug	30.3 °C	+0.5 °C	557 mm	+198 mm
Sep	31.4 °C	+1.0 °C	313 mm	+38 mm
Oct	33.1 °C	+1.5 °C	63 mm	-35 mm
Nov	33.2 °C	+0.5 °C	15 mm	+5 mm
Dec	31.7 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.8 °C

6 Apr 2025

Coldest day

15.7 °C

21 Jan 2025

Wettest day

117.7 mm

18 Aug 2025

Windiest day

26.5 km/h

21 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

21 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

5 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

2 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

31 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sedhiou?

Sedhiou has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 1,068 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sedhiou?

The hottest day measured in Sedhiou between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2020, reaching 42.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sedhiou?

The coldest day measured in Sedhiou between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1982, at 13.3 °C.

Does it snow in Sedhiou?

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

Has the climate of Sedhiou warmed?

Yes: Sedhiou warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sedhiou?

The wettest day measured in Sedhiou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1961, with 286 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sedhiou?

The windiest day measured in Sedhiou between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1961, with winds reaching 34.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sedhiou?

The warmest month in Sedhiou is May (30.0 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Sedhiou?

Sedhiou receives on average 1,068 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sedhiou?

Sedhiou gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sedhiou?

Yes: Sedhiou has on average 291 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sedhiou?

In Sedhiou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.8 °C on 16 March 2024, and the lowest was 9.0 °C on 23 December 1967.

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