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Last and first frost dates in Saint-Louis

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Saint-Louis had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone 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 Saint-Louis

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Saint-Louis

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Dakar180 km——
Ziguinchor384 km——
Las Palmas1,349 km——
Santa Cruz de Tenerife1,383 km——
Korhogo1,385 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Saint-Louis

Within 15 km of Saint-Louis OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 6 markets (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Marché Pikine, 2 km away.

  • Marché Pikine — market
    LEC-01, Saint-Louis · Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · 2 km

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Saint-Louis by month

Average weather in Saint-Louis over 2016–2025: the warmest month is November. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (29.4–34.3 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: August–April (30.4–34.3 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 19 °C. About 165 mm of rain falls in a year, on 25 days; August is the wettest month (66 mm) and February the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January31.71910
February31.719.500
March31.319.400
April31.320.100
May29.820.810
June29.622.831
July29.424.7224
August30.425.7669
September31.325.9639
October33.625.682
November34.322.800
December31.919.810

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).