Saint-Louis
City in Senegal: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Saint-Louis - Ile sud (1): Remi Jouan, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Saint-Louis is a city in Senegal. About 254,171 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Senegal in our atlas.
It lies at 16.02° N, 16.49° W, about 8 m (26 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dakar time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Saint-Louis. Green dots: other major cities of Senegal. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Saint-Louis has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 34°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 16°C (60°F). Around 380 mm (15 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
- Touba · 144 km
- Thiès · 144 km
- Rufisque · 167 km
- Guédiawaye · 169 km
- Pikine · 169 km
- Dakar · 179 km
- Mbour · 184 km
- Kaolack · 212 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2246452 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q273779 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Saint-Louis - Ile sud (1): Remi Jouan, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)