Keur Médoune weather in May

In May, Keur Médoune sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 21°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 70% 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 Keur Médoune's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Keur Médoune's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:39 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
27%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.35 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 Keur Médoune reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 17°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 1°C warmer than June.

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

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.

Keur Médoune 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
Jan32° / 17°30.311.24.8
Feb34° / 19°10.211.53.6
Mar37° / 20°00.111.92.2
Apr38° / 20°0012.31.5
May38° / 21°00.112.71.6
Jun36° / 23°71.312.92.4
Jul34° / 24°628.112.83.0
Aug32° / 25°14615.512.53.1
Sep33° / 24°12013.712.13.3
Oct35° / 23°274.311.72.9
Nov35° / 21°10.111.32.8
Dec33° / 18°20.311.14.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 20%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
38218
48317
58317
68416
78416
88515
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118515
128515
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Keur Médoune 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 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 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
129412460
228402560
327402670
425392780
524392990
622383090
7213731100
8203633110
9193534120
10173336130
11163237141
12153039151
13132941161
14122742181
15112644191
1692545201
1782446211
1872346222
1962247232
2062147242
2152047252
2251947272
2341847282
2441746303
2541645323
2631544344
2731443364
2831342385
2931240396
3021039417
312937438

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
313light breeze
413light 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 6:45 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 7:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:457:16
212.56:457:17
312.56:447:17
412.66:447:17
512.66:437:17
612.66:437:18
712.66:427:18
812.66:427:18
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1012.66:417:19
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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 5.16 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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47.4Intense
57.4Intense
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317.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Keur Médoune

In seasonPeak

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

Keur Médoune 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 Keur Médoune?

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 Keur Médoune.

What to pack for Keur Médoune in May

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

In May, Keur Médoune sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Keur Médoune 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 Keur Médoune peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Keur Médoune 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 Keur Médoune is worst in February — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (August, 32 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorPoorUnhealthyFeb 1299 µg/m³Aug 1833 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan92Unhealthy
Feb101Unhealthy
Mar79Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul45Poor
Aug32Moderate
Sep40Poor
Oct59Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec84Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Keur Médoune?

Keur Médoune sits at 14.8°N, 15.9°W, 26 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Mbaké, 4.0 km away.

Gossas VillageTiéboDiourbelGuinguinéoBambeyKahone

Topography around Keur Médoune

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Keur Médoune has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m.

The land around Keur Médoune is covered by cropland (70%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
48 m
80 km
66 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Mbaké 4.0 km · Touba 12 km · Gossas Village 38 km · Tiébo 38 km · Diourbel 39 km · Guinguinéo 55 km · Bambey 60 km · Kahone 68 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 Keur Médoune (14.7584°, -15.9043°, elevation 26 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).