Tembedgha weather in May

In May, Tembedgha sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tembedgha's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tembedgha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
42°
1st warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:06 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
34%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tembedgha is human settlement in Mauritania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tembedgha reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Tembedgha

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Tembedgha weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°20.311.16.3
Feb33° / 18°10.111.54.4
Mar37° / 22°10.111.92.1
Apr40° / 26°10.212.40.1
May42° / 28°20.812.70.0
Jun41° / 29°71.712.90.0
Jul38° / 28°366.212.91.1
Aug35° / 26°8810.112.52.4
Sep37° / 26°396.712.11.6
Oct39° / 25°9211.61.0
Nov35° / 21°00.111.22.9
Dec31° / 17°00.111.15.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37921
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57921
68020
77921
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tembedgha gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
32
42
52
62
72
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143
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315

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
189641
288741
388741
486851
584952
683962
7821062
8811162
9811162
10791272
11791272
12781372
13781372
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15761482
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21731584
22721594
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247115104
257016104
266916114
276716125
286617125
296517134
306318154
316119164

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:136:47
212.66:126:47
312.66:126:48
412.66:116:48
512.66:116:48
612.66:106:49
712.76:106:49
812.76:096:49
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1012.76:086:50
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1312.76:076:51
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.33 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.24 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tembedgha

In seasonPeak

In May, Tembedgha sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Tembedgha sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Tembedgha?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tembedgha.

What to pack for Tembedgha in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Tembedgha sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tembedgha in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tembedgha peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 20UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Tembedgha in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Tembedgha is worst in January — around 110 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 28 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 16109 µg/m³Aug 2328 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan110Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar84Unhealthy
Apr67Unhealthy
May62Unhealthy
Jun71Unhealthy
Jul46Poor
Aug28Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct56Unhealthy
Nov63Unhealthy
Dec104Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Tembedgha?

Tembedgha sits at 16.2°N, 8.2°W, 210 m above sea level, in Mauritania. The nearest listed city is Bougadoum, 95 km away.

BougadoumNémaNaraAyoun El AtrousNioroṬinṭâneDiémaMbera

Topography around Tembedgha

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tembedgha.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tembedgha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m.

The land around Tembedgha is covered by grassland (86%) within 3 km, grassland (96%) within 16 km, and grassland (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
47 m
80 km
138 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Bougadoum 95 km · Néma 106 km · Nara 152 km · Ayoun El Atrous 161 km · Nioro 189 km · Ṭinṭâne 214 km · Diéma 218 km · Mbera 258 km

Mauritania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,198
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
25.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 100%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tembedgha (16.2414°, -8.1732°, elevation 210 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).