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Last and first frost dates in Ziguinchor

Senegal

Ziguinchor 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 Ziguinchor

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 Ziguinchor

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Dakar271 km——
Saint-Louis384 km——
Korhogo1,212 km——
Bouaké1,345 km——
Yamoussoukro1,364 km——

Weather in Ziguinchor by month

Average weather in Ziguinchor over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (29.5–37.8 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: September–July (30.3–37.8 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 20.2 °C. About 1225 mm of rain falls in a year, on 106 days; August is the wettest month (409 mm) and January the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January34.220.200
February36.220.900
March37.421.500
April37.821.900
May36.222.631
June33.924.4538
July30.424.231325
August29.523.940928
September30.323.932325
October32.224.311417
November33.522.992
December33.120.410

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).