Banjul
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About
Banjul, officially the City of Banjul, is the capital city of The Gambia. The city of Banjul is located on St Mary's Island, which is in the Gambia River where it enters the Atlantic Ocean.
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The next week in Banjul
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
24° / 21°
UV Very high
Sat
Partly cloudy
26° / 21°
UV Very high
Sun
Partly cloudy
27° / 21°
UV Very high
Mon
Partly cloudy
26° / 21°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
26° / 21°
UV Very high
Wed
Overcast
28° / 22°
UV Very high
Thu
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
36° / 19°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.7h
06:40 – 19:24local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Banjul
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Banjul International Airport (BJL) at 15 km.
Getting around Banjul
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC0, Flagvisioner.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.