Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolda weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kolda: daytime highs average 38.6°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bissau (135 km away). In May its highs average 33.8°C, 4.7°C cooler than Kolda, with 6.1 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Kolda ranks 3rd of 16 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 34.3°C; Kolda is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.0 mm to 44 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
Kolda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 38.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 44 | 7.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 204 | 21.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 292 | 26.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 211 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 64 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 4.5 | 1.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 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
- Bissau in MayGuinea-Bissau · 135 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Ziguinchor in MaySenegal · 149 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Tambacounda in MaySenegal · 169 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kaolack in MaySenegal · 186 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Banjul in MayGambia · 188 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Brikama in MayGambia · 190 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Serekunda in MayGambia · 198 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Mbaké in MaySenegal · 235 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.2 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 Kolda) is explained once on the Kolda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.