GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Dakar
Senegal
Dakar had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none in ten years |
Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.
There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
When the soil warms up in Dakar
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 15 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 18 °C | already in the first week of January |
Frost dates near Dakar
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Louis | 180 km | — | — |
| Ziguinchor | 271 km | — | — |
| Korhogo | 1,413 km | — | — |
| Las Palmas | 1,505 km | — | — |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 1,534 km | — | — |
Seeds, seedlings and markets in Dakar
Within 15 km of Dakar OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery, 51 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Marché barack, 1 km away.
- Marché barack — market
liberté 6 extension · 1 km - Marché de l'occasion des vêtements — market
Thu 07:00–20:00 · 2 km - Marché Salagne Salagne — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–21:00+ · 3 km - Marché HLM 5 — market
sunrise–sunset · 3 km - Marché Sahm — market
Sam-Notaire, Guediawaye · 10 km
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Dakar: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Dakar by month
Average weather in Dakar over 2016–2025: the warmest month is October. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (22–29.5 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in March, average 19.3 °C. About 302 mm of rain falls in a year, on 36 days; August is the wettest month (133 mm) and February the driest (0 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| February | 23.3 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 22 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 22.4 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 23.2 | 21.1 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 25.6 | 23.6 | 3 | 1 |
| July | 27.5 | 25.4 | 37 | 7 |
| August | 28.1 | 26.1 | 133 | 13 |
| September | 28.7 | 26.4 | 107 | 12 |
| October | 29.5 | 26.9 | 17 | 2 |
| November | 28.8 | 25.6 | 2 | 0 |
| December | 26.4 | 22.7 | 2 | 1 |
Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).
