Kololi weather by month

The best time to visit Kololi is January, April and May — 94/100 in April, 33°C and 0 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, October to June (90/100 on average).

The worst month is August at 63/100 — sweltering, soaked, clean air. See August →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Gambia →

Kololi🇬🇲 Gambia · Sahel & Cabo Verde · Beach94
  1. 92Jan
  2. 88Feb
  3. 92Mar
  4. 94Apr
  5. 93May
  6. 87Jun
  7. 74Jul
  8. 63Aug
  9. 68Sep
  10. 82Oct
  11. 90Nov
  12. 91Dec

Best season: October to June (90/100 on average) · worst August (63/100)

Days
33°C
Nights
20°C
Wet days
0
Sun
11.7 h
Humidity
64%
Daylight
12 h
Kololi, Gambia
Photo: August Dominus · CC0

Kololi, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Kololi is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan92S34°C0 d10 hBusy2
Feb88A34°C0 d11 hBusy2
Mar92S33°C0 d11 hBusy2
Apr94S33°C0 d12 hBusy1
May93S32°C0 d12 hBusy2
Jun87A33°C3 d12 hBusy2
Jul74B32°C17 d10 hQuiet1
Aug63C31°C23 d9 hQuiet1
Sep68C32°C21 d9 hQuiet1
Oct82A33°C9 d10 hShoulder1
Nov90S34°C1 d10 hBusy2
Dec91S33°C0 d10 hBusy2

What's on in Kololi through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

May
  • Tobaski5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Holiday
  • Out of season on the strip15 May – 15 Oct (usually)Season
November
  • Birdwatching season1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Nature
  • European charter season1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Season

Crowds in Kololi in April

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

BusyEuropean charter season, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Traveller notes on Kololi

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Kololi forum threads consistently rate January as prime dry-season beach weather - genuinely hot by day, with rain a rare event this time of year, and posters calling it among the warmest short-haul beach options available from Europe in winter. Evenings do turn noticeably cooler though, with temperatures dropping enough that a light cardigan or jumper was the standard packing tip. One consistent factor across threads: the Harmattan, a dry, dusty wind blowing down from the Sahara between late November and mid-March, adds a hazy, gritty quality to the air alongside the otherwise reliable sunshine.
GambiaCoastRegular · January · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe March days as hot, sometimes very hot, with wall-to-wall sunshine typical and only the rare overcast morning. Evenings and especially mornings can carry an occasional chill wind, and posters note real year-to-year variability at night specifically - one March trip might stay warm after dark while another turns unexpectedly cold, so packing a wrap or cardigan for the evening is standard advice even though daytime heat is the norm. March falls within Gambia's long tourist season (which runs roughly November through April), and posters describe it as a reliably sunny, dry month overall - the main adjustment needed is for that morning-balcony chill before the day properly heats up.
Tripadvisor community · March · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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