Linguère weather in May

In May, Linguère sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Linguère's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Linguère's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:35 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Linguère is departmental capital in Senegal.

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 40°C through the month.

A typical May day in Linguère reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Linguère

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.

Linguère weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°30.211.25.2
Feb34° / 20°10.111.53.8
Mar37° / 22°10.111.92.1
Apr39° / 24°0012.30.7
May40° / 25°0012.70.1
Jun38° / 25°80.812.91.1
Jul36° / 26°355.512.82.4
Aug34° / 25°9510.912.52.9
Sep34° / 25°739.512.12.9
Oct37° / 25°173.511.71.9
Nov36° / 22°10.111.32.7
Dec33° / 19°10.211.14.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% 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

Linguère 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 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 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
16330700
26130810
35931910
45832910
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654331120
753331220
851331330
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Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 6:41 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:417:14
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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 7.39 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 7.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Linguère

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Jun
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Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Linguère?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Linguère.

What to pack for Linguère in May

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

In May, Linguère sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Linguère 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 Linguère peaks around March 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighMar 21UV 13Dec 18UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Linguère 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 Linguère is worst in February — around 112 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 28 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 12110 µg/m³Aug 2129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan100Unhealthy
Feb112Unhealthy
Mar87Unhealthy
Apr86Unhealthy
May86Unhealthy
Jun86Unhealthy
Jul46Poor
Aug28Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct51Poor
Nov52Poor
Dec89Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Linguère?

Linguère sits at 15.4°N, 15.1°W, 21 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Ndibène Dahra, 39 km away.

Ndibène DahraDaraToubaMbakéKeur MédouneLougaDaganaRichard-Toll

Topography around Linguère

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Linguère has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m.

The land around Linguère is covered by grassland (77%) within 3 km, grassland (89%) within 16 km, and grassland (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
55 m
80 km
65 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Ndibène Dahra 39 km · Dara 39 km · Touba 100 km · Mbaké 108 km · Keur Médoune 110 km · Louga 121 km · Dagana 131 km · Richard-Toll 134 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 Linguère (15.3953°, -15.1193°, 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).