Gossas Village weather in May

In May, Gossas Village sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 Gossas Village's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gossas Village's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:41 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
28%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month.

A typical May day in Gossas Village reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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

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.

Gossas Village weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 18°30.211.24.6
Feb35° / 19°10.211.53.4
Mar37° / 20°00.111.92.1
Apr38° / 21°0012.31.4
May38° / 22°00.112.71.6
Jun36° / 24°71.512.82.4
Jul34° / 25°729.112.83.0
Aug32° / 25°17117.512.53.1
Sep32° / 24°1361512.13.3
Oct35° / 24°324.911.73.0
Nov35° / 21°10.311.32.9
Dec33° / 19°20.311.24.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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68317
78317
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gossas Village gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 2% 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 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 26% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
129422360
227422470
326412580
425412590
523412690
6224027100
7204029110
8193829130
9183731141
10163632151
11153433161
12143335181
13123136191
14112938202
15102840212
1682641222
1772542233
1862343243
1962244253
2052144263
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2241845294
2341745305
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2631343356
2721242367
2821141388
2921039399
3029384111
3128364312

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
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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 6:46 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:467:17
212.56:467:17
312.56:457:17
412.56:457:18
512.66:447:18
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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 7.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.34 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.31 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 Gossas Village

In seasonPeak

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

Gossas Village sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in June.

Dust
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May
Jun
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Aug
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Oct
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Is May a good time to visit Gossas Village?

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

1.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gossas Village.

What to pack for Gossas Village in May

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

In May, Gossas Village sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gossas Village 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 Gossas Village peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Gossas Village 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 Gossas Village is worst in February — around 96 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (August, 29 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1494 µg/m³Aug 1930 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan84Unhealthy
Feb96Unhealthy
Mar79Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May63Unhealthy
Jun69Unhealthy
Jul42Poor
Aug29Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec79Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Gossas Village?

Gossas Village sits at 14.5°N, 16.1°W, 21 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Tiébo, 21 km away.

KahoneKaolack

Topography around Gossas Village

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gossas Village has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m.

The land around Gossas Village is covered by cropland (65%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
36 m
80 km
64 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Tiébo 21 km · Diourbel 23 km · Guinguinéo 30 km · Gandiaye 32 km · Poukham Un 35 km · Fatick 36 km · Kahone 37 km · Kaolack 37 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 Gossas Village (14.4841°, -16.1138°, elevation 21 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).