Mbour
City in Senegal: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Streetsmbour: KVDP at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mbour is a city in Senegal, in Thies. About 284,189 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Senegal in our atlas.
It lies at 14.42° N, 16.96° W, about 15 m (49 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dakar time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mbour. Green dots: other major cities of Senegal. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mbour has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 16°C (61°F). Around 558 mm (22 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 SenegalNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Thiès · 41 km
- Rufisque · 47 km
- Pikine · 60 km
- Dakar · 60 km
- Guédiawaye · 61 km
- Kaolack · 100 km
- Touba · 127 km
- Saint-Louis · 184 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2248477 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1019431 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Streetsmbour: KVDP at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)