Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambacounda weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Tambacounda: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kolda (169 km away). In September its highs average 30.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Tambacounda, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Tambacounda ranks 7th of 16 for the warmest September highs and 14th of 16 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 16 cities is 31.1°C; Tambacounda is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kolda in SeptemberSenegal · 169 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Kayes in SeptemberMali · 251 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Kaolack in SeptemberSenegal · 263 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 147 mm rain
- Mbaké in SeptemberSenegal · 267 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Touba in SeptemberSenegal · 267 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Diourbel in SeptemberSenegal · 294 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Bissau in SeptemberGuinea-Bissau · 298 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 307 mm rain
- Labé in SeptemberGuinea · 311 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 259 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.