Climate averages 1991–2020
Richard-Toll weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Richard-Toll: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Louis (98 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, 11.1°C cooler than Richard-Toll, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Richard-Toll ranks 2nd of 16 for the warmest May highs and joint 12th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 34.3°C; Richard-Toll is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.5 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
Richard-Toll climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 3.7 | 0.3 | 11.311 h |
| February | 32.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 39.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.913 h |
| June | 38.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 13.113 h |
| July | 36.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 13.013 h |
| August | 34.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 59 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 55 | 8.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 16 | 2.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 32.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.1 | 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 · 98 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Louga in MaySenegal · 109 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Touba in MaySenegal · 179 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Nouakchott in MayMauritania · 183 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mbaké in MaySenegal · 187 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Tivaouane in MaySenegal · 206 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Diourbel in MaySenegal · 210 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès in MaySenegal · 228 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.8°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 Richard-Toll) is explained once on the Richard-Toll year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.