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Senegal Snapshot

With an average coastal temperature of 27 degrees Celsius, Senegal’s dry season - running from November to March - is the best time to visit. Things get hotter and dustier the further inland one ventures, due to the harmattan winds that blow in from the Sahara. From June to October is the rainy season, when temperatures rise above 30 and intermittent downpours (though usually lasting no more than a few hours and falling mainly at night) make for some extreme humidity. Although this is the time when the country is at its most green and beautiful, some national parks do close or become inaccessible.
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Senegal at a glance

  • 6
  • Dakar (population 2.7 million)
  • 13.3 million
  • French, Wolof
  • XOF
  • (GMT) Casablanca
  • Type C (European 2-pin), Type D (Old British 3-pin)
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