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Satellite view of Kololi Beach; 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.

Beach

Kololi Beach

GambiaGambia · Atlantic Ocean

13.4473, -16.7237 · Kololi, 1 km

  • 29°Sea · October
  • 30°High · November
  • 10.2 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Kololi Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Kololi Beach in October

  • 30°CAir, daytime high27°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 8.0 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month67 mm in total
  • 11 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 29.9 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.5 °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 October29 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April10 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and December2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan22°9 h2 mm
  2. Feb20°9 h2 mm
  3. Mar20°10 h16 mm
  4. Apr20°10 h4 mm
  5. May23°10 h2 mm
  6. Jun26°8 h45 mm
  7. Jul28°7 h169 mm
  8. Aug28°6 h290 mm
  9. Sep28°6 h224 mm
  10. Oct29°8 h67 mm
  11. Nov28°9 h6 mm
  12. Dec24°8 h2 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°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 22°Feb: 20°Mar: 20°Apr: 20°May: 23°Jun: 26°Jul: 28°Aug: 28°Sep: 28°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 24°20°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 19°)Feb: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 18°)Mar: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 18°)Apr: 23 °C (High 26° / Low 19°)May: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 21°)Jun: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Jul: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Aug: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Sep: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Oct: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Nov: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)Dec: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 21°)28°23°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 mmFeb: 2 mmMar: 16 mmApr: 4 mmMay: 2 mmJun: 45 mmJul: 169 mmAug: 290 mm290Sep: 224 mmOct: 67 mmNov: 6 mmDec: 2 mm2

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.7 hFeb: 9.2 hMar: 10.0 hApr: 10.2 h10.2May: 9.6 hJun: 8.3 hJul: 6.6 hAug: 6.1 h6.1Sep: 6.5 hOct: 8.0 hNov: 8.6 hDec: 8.5 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Kololi Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January271922208.716
February271820209.217
March27182016010.016
April2619204010.216
May272123219.616
June2825264588.315
July282628169226.615
August282628290286.115
September282628224286.512
Octoberwarmest sea30272967148.011
November302428618.612
December282124208.514

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Photos

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

Kololi Beach: - panoramio (5297)
Photo: riendre · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Kololi Beach: - panoramio (5298)
Photo: riendre · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Kololi Beach: GambiaKololiBeach006 (31017688760)
Photo: tjabeljan · 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 POWER17 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202018 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.117 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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