Kaolack
City in Senegal: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Kaolack is a city in Senegal. About 298,904 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Senegal in our atlas.
It lies at 14.15° N, 16.07° W, about 7 m (23 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dakar time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kaolack. Green dots: other major cities of Senegal. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kaolack has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 38°C (101°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 16°C (60°F). Around 725 mm (29 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.
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- Touba · 82 km
- Mbour · 100 km
- Thiès · 116 km
- Rufisque · 144 km
- Pikine · 157 km
- Guédiawaye · 159 km
- Dakar · 159 km
- Saint-Louis · 212 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2250805 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q847677 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.