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Satellite view of Cap Vert; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Cape

Cap Vert

SenegalDakar · Senegal · Atlantic Ocean

14.7221, -17.5045 · Yoff, 3 km

  • 28°Sea · October
  • 29°High · October
  • 9.9 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Cap Vert. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Cap Vert in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 8.3 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month49 mm in total
  • 15 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.5 °C — 1.2 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October28 °C
Most sunshineApril and May10 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and May2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan21°8 h10 mm
  2. Feb20°9 h8 mm
  3. Mar20°10 h3 mm
  4. Apr21°10 h6 mm
  5. May22°10 h2 mm
  6. Jun25°9 h14 mm
  7. Jul27°7 h79 mm
  8. Aug28°7 h191 mm
  9. Sep28°7 h170 mm
  10. Oct28°8 h49 mm
  11. Nov27°8 h9 mm
  12. Dec24°8 h13 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21°Feb: 20°Mar: 20°Apr: 21°May: 22°Jun: 25°Jul: 27°Aug: 28°Sep: 28°Oct: 28°Nov: 27°Dec: 24°20°28°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Feb: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 19°)Mar: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 19°)Apr: 21 °C (High 21° / Low 20°)May: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 22°)Jun: 25 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Jul: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Aug: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Sep: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Oct: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Nov: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Dec: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)28°20°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10 mmFeb: 8 mmMar: 3 mmApr: 6 mmMay: 2 mm2Jun: 14 mmJul: 79 mmAug: 191 mm191Sep: 170 mmOct: 49 mmNov: 9 mmDec: 13 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.2 hFeb: 8.6 hMar: 9.6 hApr: 9.9 h9.9May: 9.6 hJun: 8.6 hJul: 7.4 hAug: 7.1 hSep: 7.0 h7.0Oct: 8.3 hNov: 8.2 hDec: 8.0 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Cap Vert: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Cap Vert: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2420211028.222
February221920828.623
March221920319.622
April212021609.922
May232222219.620
June2524251438.617
July27262779147.417
August282728191247.116
September282728170257.014
Octoberwarmest sea29282849118.315
November282627928.219
December2623241338.021

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Cap Vert: Dakar-Mamelles cliff
Photo: Jeff Attaway from Abuja, Nigeria · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cap Vert: 20130503-IMG 2229 (8744031557)
Photo: jbdodane · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cap Vert: Sediment (5720353404)
Photo: Jeff Attaway from Abuja, Nigeria · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202017 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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