Banjul
Capital of Gambia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Banjul Gambia skyline: IsaacTuray, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Banjul is the capital of Gambia. About 37,274 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Gambia in our atlas.
It lies at 13.45° N, 16.58° W, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Banjul time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Banjul. Green dots: other major cities of Gambia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Banjul 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in GambiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2413876 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3726 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Banjul Gambia skyline: IsaacTuray, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gambia Banjul 0022: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1014046-Banjul Albert Market-The Gambia: uploader Atamari has eMail-contact with the photograph „sachara“, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
