Marché de Thiaroye

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Wholesale · Dakar, Senegal · also called Thiaroye market, marché de Thiaroye-sur-Mer

The wholesale market on Dakar's eastern approach, and the first point of sale for vegetables coming down the Niayes from Rufisque, Mboro and Potou. Onion, potato, carrot and cabbage are the bulk of the trade.

What trades at Marché de Thiaroye

Crop	Sold by	Supply peaks
Onion	sack	February to May
Irish potato	sack	February to April
Carrot	sack	January to March
Cabbage	head	January to March
Tomato	crate	January to March
Watermelon	piece	March to May
Mango	crate	June to August

Selling by the bucket or the bag? The farming glossary turns those measures into kilograms — what a 20 litre bucket of each crop really weighs, level and heaped. Open the glossary →

Selling here

Trading days

Every day

Currency

XOF

Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Vegetables go by the crate or the sack; agree the measure before you unload.

Growers sell in bulk to traders who break the load down and resell. The best price for a full load, and the longest trip.

At Thiaroye, on the Dakar–Rufisque road east of the city.

Places that could sell into Marché de Thiaroye

• Keur Massar · 2 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Guédiawaye · 4 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Pikine · 6 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Dakar · 9 km African Nightshade, Amaranth, Bambara Groundnut
• Rufisque · 22 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Thiès · 33 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Mbour · 39 km African Eggplant, African Nightshade, Amaranth
• Bambey · 96 km African Eggplant, Amaranth, Bambara Groundnut

Marché de Thiaroye prices, and what to grow for it

Prices here move hour to hour, so they belong in the app rather than on a web page — a printed number would be wrong before you read it, and a live one from the traders standing in this market will not be.

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Frequently asked questions

What is sold at Marché de Thiaroye?

Marché de Thiaroye trades onion, irish potato, carrot, cabbage, tomato, watermelon, mango. The wholesale market on Dakar's eastern approach, and the first point of sale for vegetables coming down the Niayes from Rufisque, Mboro and Potou. Onion, potato, carrot and cabbage are the bulk of the trade.

When is onion cheapest at Marché de Thiaroye?

Supply of onion into Marché de Thiaroye peaks February to May, and that is when prices are usually at their lowest. Selling just before the peak, rather than in the middle of it, is where the money is.

What currency is used at Marché de Thiaroye?

XOF. Trade is in CFA francs (XOF), cash or mobile money. Vegetables go by the crate or the sack; agree the measure before you unload.

What are today's prices at Marché de Thiaroye?

Divisi does not publish daily prices for Marché de Thiaroye — they move hour to hour, and a number printed on a web page would be wrong before you read it. Market prices are coming to the Divisi app, reported by the farmers and traders who are actually there. Install it and you will have them the day they land.