Climate averages 1991–2020
Ziguinchor weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Ziguinchor: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brikama (88 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, 5.4°C cooler than Ziguinchor, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 16 cities listed in Senegal, Ziguinchor ranks 8th of 16 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 16 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 16 cities is 34.3°C; Ziguinchor is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.0 mm to 51 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
Ziguinchor climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 36.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 51 | 7.1 | 12.913 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 277 | 23.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 391 | 27.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 307 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 128 | 18.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.411 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
- Brikama in MayGambia · 88 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Banjul in MayGambia · 104 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Serekunda in MayGambia · 106 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Bissau in MayGuinea-Bissau · 107 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Kolda in MaySenegal · 149 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Kaolack in MaySenegal · 177 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Mbour in MaySenegal · 219 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Diourbel in MaySenegal · 231 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.2 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 Ziguinchor) is explained once on the Ziguinchor year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.