Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in December.
A very hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a very hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In December its highs average 33.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Tambacounda, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Tambacounda ranks 1st of 16 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 16 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 16 cities is 31.9°C; Tambacounda is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.3 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kolda in DecemberSenegal · 169 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Kayes in DecemberMali · 251 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kaolack in DecemberSenegal · 263 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Mbaké in DecemberSenegal · 267 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Touba in DecemberSenegal · 267 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Diourbel in DecemberSenegal · 294 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Bissau in DecemberGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Labé in DecemberGuinea · 311 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 1.7 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.