Dakar · Senegal
Pikine travel guide
Pikine is a city in Dakar, Senegal, home to about 765,000 people.
- Best months
- January
- Nearest airport
- DSS36 km · Blaise Diagne International Airport
- Currency
- XOFWest African CFA franc
- Time zone
- Africa/Dakar
- Language
- Badyara, Balanta, French
About
About Pikine
Pikine is a city and the capital of the Pikine department, in the Dakar region in Senegal. The largest suburb of Senegalese capital Dakar, as of the 2013 Census, it had a population of 1,170,791.
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When to go
The best time to visit Pikine
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Pikine are January. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; August is the wettest, with about 219 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Pikine: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS), about 36 km from the city centre in a straight line.
DSS · Blaise Diagne International Airport
Questions
Pikine: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Pikine?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Pikine are January. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; August is the wettest, with about 219 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Pikine?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS), about 36 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Pikine?
West African CFA franc (XOF).
Nearby
Destinations near Pikine
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.