Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In January its highs average 33.8°C, 0.7°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 January highs and 1st of 16 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 16 cities is 30.9°C; Tambacounda is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 36.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kolda in JanuarySenegal · 169 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kayes in JanuaryMali · 251 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kaolack in JanuarySenegal · 263 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Mbaké in JanuarySenegal · 267 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Touba in JanuarySenegal · 267 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Diourbel in JanuarySenegal · 294 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Bissau in JanuaryGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Labé in JanuaryGuinea · 311 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.8°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.