Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In July its highs average 31.0°C, 2.2°C cooler than Tambacounda, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Tambacounda ranks 5th of 16 for the warmest July highs and 14th of 16 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 16 cities is 31.9°C; Tambacounda is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 197 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kolda in JulySenegal · 169 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 204 mm rain
- Kayes in JulyMali · 251 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Kaolack in JulySenegal · 263 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Mbaké in JulySenegal · 267 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Touba in JulySenegal · 267 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Diourbel in JulySenegal · 294 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Bissau in JulyGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 352 mm rain
- Labé in JulyGuinea · 311 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 305 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.