Country guide

Senegal

Dakar's music and surf, the pink lake, Saint-Louis' colonial quarter and Goree's sobering history.

Currency

XOF

Language

French

+ Wolof

English

Rare

Payment

Cash preferred

Power

Type C / E

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+221

Destinations

Senegal

Dakar

The westernmost city on mainland Africa: Gorée a ferry ride offshore, mbalax until dawn and surf breaks wrapped around the peninsula.

✓ best Oct-Jul

Senegal

Saint-Louis

A three-century colonial capital on a sliver of river island, with painted pirogues on one shore and a wetland full of pelicans upstream.

✓ best Dec-Aug

Climate zones, month by month

Senegal has 2 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Dakar →

Jan

26°

19°

1mm

0d rain

Feb

25°

18°

0mm

0d rain

Mar

25°

18°

0mm

0d rain

Apr

25°

19°

0mm

0d rain

May

26°

21°

0mm

0d rain

Jun

29°

24°

7mm

1d rain

Jul

30°

25°

53mm

4d rain

Aug

31°

25°

166mm

10d rain

Sep

31°

25°

138mm

9d rain

Oct

31°

26°

26mm

2d rain

Nov

30°

24°

0mm

0d rain

Dec

28°

21°

0mm

0d rain

✓ Best Oct-Jul

Watch for Jun-Nov cyclones & hurricanes risk

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions

Saint-Louis →

Jan

31°

16°

3mm

0d rain

Feb

32°

17°

1mm

0d rain

Mar

33°

18°

0mm

0d rain

Apr

32°

18°

0mm

0d rain

May

30°

20°

0mm

0d rain

Jun

31°

23°

7mm

0d rain

Jul

31°

25°

43mm

3d rain

Aug

32°

25°

92mm

7d rain

Sep

33°

25°

104mm

7d rain

Oct

35°

24°

24mm

2d rain

Nov

35°

20°

0mm

0d rain

Dec

33°

17°

0mm

0d rain

✓ Best Dec-Aug

Watch for Jun-Nov cyclones & hurricanes risk

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions