Diourbel weather in May

In May, Diourbel has daytime highs averaging 37 °C, nights around 21 °C, with 0 wet days. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

  1. Jan 24°
  2. Feb 25°
  3. Mar 27°
  4. Apr 27°
  5. May 28°
  6. Jun 28°
  7. Jul 28°
  8. Aug 27°
  9. Sep 27°
  10. Oct 28°
  11. Nov 27°
  12. Dec 25°

Daily temperatures through May

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Daily highDaily low Day of month on the horizontal axis. Highs peak at 37.8 °C and lows bottom out at 19.8 °C.

How May develops

Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.

DaysAvg highAvg lowChance of rain
1–10 May37.3 °C20.4 °C0 %
11–20 May37.0 °C20.7 °C0 %
21–31 May36.8 °C21.2 °C0 %
0%50%100%151015202530
Chance of a wet day (over 1 mm) by date in May. Wettest date over the 30 years: May 1, at 0 %. Single dates are noisy — read the shape, not the spikes.

What to expect

Measure Typical May Share of the month
Days above 25 °C 31 of 31 100 %
Days above 30 °C 31 of 31 100 %
Days below 0 °C 0 of 31 0 %
Days with more than 1 mm rain 0 of 31 0 %

Conditions in May

MeasureAverage
Mean temperature 28 °C
Record high (1991–2020) 44 °C
Record low (1991–2020) 17 °C
Relative humidity 49 %
Wind speed 18 km/h
Cloud cover 29 %

Where Diourbel ranks in May

RankingPositionValue
The driest places in Africa in May17thof 500.2 mm
The driest places in the world in May20thof 500.2 mm
The warmest places in Africa in May36thof 5037 °C

May compared with the months around it

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
March 36.1 °C under 1 mm 28 %
April 37.2 °C under 1 mm 28 %
May 37.0 °C under 1 mm 29 %
June 35.7 °C 8 mm 39 %
July 33.4 °C 65 mm 59 %

See all twelve months for Diourbel

Nearby destinations in May

Destination Avg high Wet days Sea
Diourbel 37 °C 0
Touba 38 °C 0
Kaolack 37 °C 0
Thiès 33 °C 0 22
Thiès Nones 31 °C 0 22
Mbour 32 °C 0 22
Rufisque 28 °C 0 22
Dakar 26 °C 0 22
Banjul 29 °C 0 23

QuestionsMay in Diourbel, answered

How warm is Diourbel in May?

Daily highs average 37 °C and nights fall to about 21 °C, a spread of 16 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes May the 4th warmest month of the year here.

Does it rain much in Diourbel in May?

May averages under 1 mm of rain, spread over about 0 of the 31 days — 0 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 29 % of the sky.

How long are the days in May?

Diourbel averages 13 hours between sunrise and sunset in May. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

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