Climate averages 1991–2020
Serekunda weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Serekunda: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 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 Banjul (11 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Serekunda, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 3 cities listed in the Gambia, Serekunda ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 29.4°C; Serekunda is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 9.0 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
Serekunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 28.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 9.0 | 1.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 28.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 118 | 13.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 246 | 22.2 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 174 | 18.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 49 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.311 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
- Banjul in MayGambia · 11 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Brikama in MayGambia · 19 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Kaolack in MaySenegal · 103 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in MaySenegal · 106 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Mbour in MaySenegal · 114 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Diourbel in MaySenegal · 142 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès in MaySenegal · 153 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in MaySenegal · 153 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 Serekunda) is explained once on the Serekunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.