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Satellite view of Baie de Yof; 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.

Bay

Baie de Yof

SenegalDakar · Senegal · Atlantic Ocean

14.7658, -17.4725 · Yoff, 3 km

  • 28°Sea · September
  • 29°High · October
  • 10.1 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Baie de Yof. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Baie de Yof in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high27°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 8.3 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month47 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

  • 102Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 44 kmAirport: Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.6 °C — 1.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.0 °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 May3 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan21°8 h12 mm
  2. Feb19°9 h15 mm
  3. Mar19°10 h6 mm
  4. Apr20°10 h10 mm
  5. May22°10 h3 mm
  6. Jun25°9 h11 mm
  7. Jul27°8 h72 mm
  8. Aug28°7 h162 mm
  9. Sep28°7 h146 mm
  10. Oct28°8 h47 mm
  11. Nov26°8 h16 mm
  12. Dec24°8 h14 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: 19°Mar: 19°Apr: 20°May: 22°Jun: 25°Jul: 27°Aug: 28°Sep: 28°Oct: 28°Nov: 26°Dec: 24°19°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: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 19°)Apr: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)May: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 21°)Jun: 25 °C (High 26° / 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 27°)Nov: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Dec: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 22°)28°20°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12 mmFeb: 15 mmMar: 6 mmApr: 10 mmMay: 3 mm3Jun: 11 mmJul: 72 mmAug: 162 mm162Sep: 146 mmOct: 47 mmNov: 16 mmDec: 14 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.3 hFeb: 8.6 hMar: 9.8 hApr: 10.1 h10.1May: 9.8 hJun: 8.6 hJul: 7.7 hAug: 7.4 hSep: 7.3 h7.3Oct: 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 Baie de Yof: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Baie de Yof: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2420211228.323
February2219191528.624
March221919629.822
April22202010110.123
May232122319.820
June2624251128.617
July27262772117.716
August282728162227.415
Septemberwarmest sea282728146237.314
October29272847108.315
November2825261628.220
December2622241448.022

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Baie de Yof: 20130513-DSC 8560 (8750136704)
Photo: jbdodane · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Baie de Yof: 20130513-DSC 8571 (8750171834)
Photo: jbdodane · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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 POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 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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