Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in April.
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.
April is a very hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 41.0°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In April its highs average 39.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Tambacounda, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Tambacounda ranks 1st of 16 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 16 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 16 cities is 34.2°C; Tambacounda is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 40.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.5 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Tambacounda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 36.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 41.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.9°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 38.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 123 | 14.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 197 | 19.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 159 | 15.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 41 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| December | 34.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kolda in AprilSenegal · 169 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kayes in AprilMali · 251 kmHigh 41.8°C · Low 27.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kaolack in AprilSenegal · 263 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Mbaké in AprilSenegal · 267 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Touba in AprilSenegal · 267 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Diourbel in AprilSenegal · 294 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Bissau in AprilGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Labé in AprilGuinea · 311 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 18 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 Tambacounda) is explained once on the Tambacounda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.