Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in October.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In October its highs average 31.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Tambacounda, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Tambacounda ranks 5th of 16 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 16 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 16 cities is 33.2°C; Tambacounda is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 2.3 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kolda in OctoberSenegal · 169 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Kayes in OctoberMali · 251 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Kaolack in OctoberSenegal · 263 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Mbaké in OctoberSenegal · 267 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Touba in OctoberSenegal · 267 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Diourbel in OctoberSenegal · 294 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Bissau in OctoberGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Labé in OctoberGuinea · 311 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 124 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.