Climate averages 1991–2020
Brikama weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Brikama: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serekunda (19 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, 2.6°C cooler than Brikama, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Brikama ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest May highs and joint 2nd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 29.4°C; Brikama is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Brikama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 153 | 15.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 279 | 23.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 196 | 19.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 55 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.512 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Serekunda in MayGambia · 19 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Banjul in MayGambia · 22 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in MaySenegal · 88 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Kaolack in MaySenegal · 116 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Mbour in MaySenegal · 132 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Diourbel in MaySenegal · 159 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès in MaySenegal · 171 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in MaySenegal · 172 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brikama) is explained once on the Brikama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.