Senegal in December

Peak: pleasant heat, Christmas on the Petite Côte; book Saint-Louis and delta lodges early.

• Dakar and the Atlantic coast · Dakar, Saint-Louis, Petite Côtebest weather

  Trade winds keep the coast 5–8 °C cooler than inland; January–March evenings can feel cool, and the sea is cold until May.

• Sine-Saloum and the Gambia fringe · Toubacouta, Palmarin, Kaolackbest weather

  Harmattan dust some weeks Jan–Mar; the delta is at its best for birds Nov–Apr.

• Casamance · Ziguinchor, Cap Skirring, Oussouyebest weather

  Senegal's wettest region: up to 1,500 mm a year, most of it Jul–Sep; many beach hotels close in the rains.

• Inland north and east · Touba, Tambacounda, Niokolo-Koba, Kédougoubest weather

  40 °C+ in April–May; Niokolo-Koba tracks close in the rains (roughly Jul–Oct).

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Christmas

  25 Dec

  Resorts on the Petite Côte and Cap Skirring full.

Crowds · Senegal

High

Prices · Senegal

High

High-price month: see what to book ahead.

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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Rated best or good this month

• Dakar and the Atlantic coast

  Best weather of the year (Dakar, Saint-Louis, Petite Côte)

• Sine-Saloum and the Gambia fringe

  Best weather of the year (Toubacouta, Palmarin, Kaolack)

• Casamance

  Best weather of the year (Ziguinchor, Cap Skirring, Oussouye)

• Inland north and east

  Best weather of the year (Touba, Tambacounda, Niokolo-Koba, Kédougou)

• Dakar

  Dry; cooler nights; year-end crowds.