Senegal landscape

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Senegal

Capital Dakar · 16M people · Franc

Photo by E. Diop on Unsplash

  • Climate
    Warm
    17–41°
Map of Senegal
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Airports in Senegal

Air connectivity
1airports
major gateways · 2.9M passengers/yr
Regional reach

Blaise Diagne International Airport is Senegal's busiest gateway.

1 major airports handle about 2.9M passengers a year. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.

By traffic
busiest first · 1 airports

Source: Wikipedia 2025

Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →

1 airportsupdated 2026Medium confidence

Passport strength in Senegal

Full analysis
Global rank
#76globally
by mobility
Moderate

Senegal's passport offers solid global access.

Mobility
#7655 destinations
GDP reach
#1663.7% of world GDP
Heritage
#122192 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Visa-free reach
where this passport opens doors

Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →

Henley Passport Indexupdated 2026High confidence

Climate in Senegal

Climate character
17°41°
feels-like, coldest to hottest month

Warm summers, gentle winters.

Across its cities, summer highs top out near 41°C feels-like while the coldest spots dip to around 17°C; sun is plentiful, up to ~324 days a year in Richard-Toll.

Feels-like °C — monthly range across cities

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Warmest cityCoolest cityShaded = spread across cities

Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →

44 citiesupdated 2026Medium confidence

Who thrives in Senegal

A handful of lifestyles thrive in Senegal.

Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Winter Escapist leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.

Great fit

Winter Escapist
Excellent
Sunshine Lover
Excellent
Eternal Summer
Very Good

Poor fit

Clean Air Seeker
Weak

Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →

4 lifestylesupdated 2026Medium confidence