Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Tambacounda, with 292 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Tambacounda ranks 7th of 16 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 16 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 16 cities is 30.7°C; Tambacounda is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 197 mm to 159 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kolda in AugustSenegal · 169 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 292 mm rain
- Kayes in AugustMali · 251 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Kaolack in AugustSenegal · 263 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Mbaké in AugustSenegal · 267 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Touba in AugustSenegal · 267 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Diourbel in AugustSenegal · 294 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Bissau in AugustGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 452 mm rain
- Labé in AugustGuinea · 311 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 330 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.