Senegal in November

Dry season starts; lodges reopen; birds arrive in the Saloum and Djoudj.

• 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, Oussouyefine

  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.

• All Saints' Day

  1 Nov

  Public holiday.

Crowds · Senegal

Medium

Prices · Senegal

Medium

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)

• Inland north and east

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

• Dakar

  Dry season starts; good month.