Gorée Island

Senegal

A tiny, car-free island directly off Dakar bearing colorful colonial houses and a dark history regarding the transatlantic slave trade.

Warmest month is October at 32°C on average. Coolest is February at 25°C. Driest reading falls in January with 0 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January27°±4°0
February25°±4°0
March25°±3°0
April25°±3°0
May26°±3°0
June29°±2°1
July30°±2°4
August30°±2°9
September31°±2°11
October32°±2°2
November30°±3°0
December28°±4°0

What to do

  • Reflect somberly at the harrowing Door of No Return in the House of Slaves
  • Walk the tranquil, bougainvillea-lined cobblestone streets
  • View the rusted old coastal cannons stationed at the rocky Castel

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.