Bambey weather in May

In May, Bambey sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bambey's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bambey's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
6th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:42 AM – 7:22 PM
Cloud cover
26%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bambey reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Bambey

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Bambey weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 17°20.311.24.9
Feb34° / 18°20.211.53.9
Mar36° / 19°00.111.92.9
Apr36° / 19°0012.32.5
May36° / 20°0012.72.6
Jun35° / 23°51.112.93.0
Jul34° / 24°60812.83.3
Aug32° / 25°14915.212.53.3
Sep32° / 24°12414.212.13.4
Oct35° / 24°324.911.73.1
Nov35° / 21°10.211.33.0
Dec33° / 18°20.311.14.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bambey gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 30% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
112394270
212374380
311364490
4113445100
5113346100
6103147110
7102948131
892848141
992649151
1082450171
1182251181
1272151201
1371952211
1461752232
1551554242
1651453262
1741254282
1831155292
1931053313
203953323
212853343
222851363
232750384
242648394
252647414
262545435
271543456
281540476
291438497
301435528
311333549

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 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 6:47 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:477:19
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412.66:467:19
512.66:467:20
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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 7.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.35 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bambey

In seasonPeak

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

Bambey sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

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

Atlantic hurricane
Dust
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Jun
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Oct
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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bambey?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bambey. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bambey in May

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

In May, Bambey sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bambey in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bambey peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 18UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Bambey 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 Bambey is worst in February — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (August, 37 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 8104 µg/m³Aug 1838 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan103Unhealthy
Feb104Unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul49Poor
Aug37Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct66Unhealthy
Nov69Unhealthy
Dec96Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bambey?

Bambey sits at 14.7°N, 16.5°W, 19 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Diourbel, 24 km away.

Poukham UnThiadiayeFatickGossas Village

Topography around Bambey

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bambey has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m.

The land around Bambey is covered by cropland (47%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
37 m
80 km
142 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Diourbel 24 km · Tiébo 25 km · Khombole 26 km · Kbombole 27 km · Poukham Un 38 km · Thiadiaye 41 km · Fatick 41 km · Gossas Village 44 km

Senegal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,955
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
27%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
23.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 442
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Bambey (14.7007°, -16.4591°, elevation 19 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).