Senegal in September

Heavy rain and heat; Casamance and Sine-Saloum lodges shut.

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

  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, Kaolackrainy

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

• Casamance · Ziguinchor, Cap Skirring, Oussouyestorm or typhoon risk

  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, Kédougourainy

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

Crowds · Senegal

Low

Prices · Senegal

Low

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
• A spare day in the plan: storms can cancel flights and ferries

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• Casamance

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

• Dakar

  Peak rains; floods.