Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in November.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a very hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes November a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In November its highs average 33.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Tambacounda, with 4.5 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Tambacounda ranks 1st of 16 for the warmest November highs and 14th of 16 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 16 cities is 33.8°C; Tambacounda is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 34.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.3 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kolda in NovemberSenegal · 169 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Kayes in NovemberMali · 251 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Kaolack in NovemberSenegal · 263 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Mbaké in NovemberSenegal · 267 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Touba in NovemberSenegal · 267 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Diourbel in NovemberSenegal · 294 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Bissau in NovemberGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Labé in NovemberGuinea · 311 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 13 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.