Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 40.9°C and nights cool to about 26.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In May its highs average 38.6°C, 2.3°C cooler than Tambacounda, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Tambacounda ranks 1st of 16 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 34.3°C; Tambacounda is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 38.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kolda in MaySenegal · 169 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Kayes in MayMali · 251 kmHigh 42.0°C · Low 29.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Kaolack in MaySenegal · 263 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Mbaké in MaySenegal · 267 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Touba in MaySenegal · 267 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Diourbel in MaySenegal · 294 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Bissau in MayGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Labé in MayGuinea · 311 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 114 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.