Niokolo-Koba National Park

Senegal

A vast UNESCO-listed wilderness sheltering lions, leopards, and West African chimpanzees.

Warmest month is April at 42°C on average. Coolest is August at 32°C.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January36°±3°·
February38°±3°·
March41°±2°·
April42°±2°·
May41°±2°·
June37°±4°·
July33°±3°·
August32°±2°·
September33°±3°·
October34°±2°·
November36°±2°·
December36°±3°·

What to do

  • Spot hippos cooling off in the Gambia River
  • Go on an anti-poaching guided safari
  • Hike towards the Mount Assirik plateau

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.