Western Africa
El Niño has no robust, reproducible signal across most of Western Africa. Scores here are driven mainly by measured anomalies and news coverage.
Mean score 4.9 3 severe 2 high 12 weak5 drier
Countries, ranked
01 Mali25.2M · rain -61% · temp Unverified 10 Severe impact02 Niger27.9M · rain -31% · temp +2.8°C 9 Severe impact03 Burkina Faso24.1M · rain -36% · temp +2.6°C 8 Severe impact04 Senegal18.9M · rain -14% · temp +2.0°C 7 High impact05 Mauritania5.3M · rain -4% · temp +1.6°C 7 High impact06 Nigeria238M · rain +39% · temp +1.4°C 5 Moderate impact07 Sierra Leone8.8M · rain -43% · temp +2.1°C 5 Moderate impact08 Ghana35.1M · rain +29% · temp +0.9°C 4 Moderate impact09 Benin14.8M · rain +18% · temp +1.2°C 4 Moderate impact10 Liberia5.7M · rain -22% · temp +1.8°C 4 Moderate impact11 Ivory Coast32.7M · rain +10% · temp +0.9°C 3 Minimal impact12 Guinea15.1M · rain -14% · temp +1.8°C 3 Minimal impact13 Togo8.6M · rain +7% · temp +1.2°C 3 Minimal impact14 Gambia2.8M · rain -1% · temp +1.5°C 3 Minimal impact15 Guinea-Bissau2.2M · rain -8% · temp +1.3°C 3 Minimal impact16 Cape Verde527k · rain -18% · temp +1.1°C 3 Minimal impact17 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · dry season · temp +0.3°C 2 Minimal impact