Climate averages 1991–2020
Louga weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Louga: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (53 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, 7.7°C cooler than Louga, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Louga ranks 9th of 16 for the warmest May highs and joint 1st of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 34.3°C; Louga is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 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
Louga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.0 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 35.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 34.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 30 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 94 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 89 | 10.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 22 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 32.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11.211 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
- Saint-Louis in MaySenegal · 53 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Touba in MaySenegal · 92 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Tivaouane in MaySenegal · 98 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mbaké in MaySenegal · 98 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Diourbel in MaySenegal · 108 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in MaySenegal · 109 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Thiès in MaySenegal · 119 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in MaySenegal · 122 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 Louga) is explained once on the Louga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.