Bakau
City in Gambia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bakau 0001: N3ddo! from MILAN, ITALY, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bakau is a city in Gambia, in Banjul. About 43,098 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Gambia in our atlas.
It lies at 13.48° N, 16.68° W, about 22 m (72 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Banjul time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bakau. Green dots: other major cities of Gambia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bakau has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 18°C (65°F). Around 829 mm (33 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in GambiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2413920 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q804275 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bakau 0001: N3ddo! from MILAN, ITALY, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)