Niakoul Rab weather in May

In May, Niakoul Rab sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Niakoul Rab's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Niakoul Rab's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
11th warmest
Overnight low
21°
5th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:45 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
25%
1st clearest
Wind
18 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.7
out of 10

Niakoul Rab is in Senegal.

Founded
2011

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 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Niakoul Rab reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Niakoul Rab

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Niakoul Rab weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°20.211.28.0
Feb28° / 19°10.211.58.3
Mar27° / 20°00.111.98.6
Apr26° / 20°0012.38.8
May27° / 21°0012.78.7
Jun28° / 24°10.412.97.8
Jul29° / 25°345.112.86.1
Aug29° / 26°12913.412.54.7
Sep30° / 26°9711.612.14.8
Oct31° / 26°253.611.75.4
Nov31° / 24°10.111.35.6
Dec29° / 21°10.411.16.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. 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

Niakoul Rab 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 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 68% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1460351
2458362
3357382
4356392
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250127315
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27097318
28087220
29077122
30066925
31056827

Wind in May

Winds average 18 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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

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 6:51 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 7:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:517:22
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312.56:507:22
412.66:497:23
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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 7.25 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.25 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 7.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Niakoul Rab

In seasonPeak

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

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

Niakoul Rab sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

Atlantic hurricane
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Is May a good time to visit Niakoul Rab?

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

8.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Niakoul Rab for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Niakoul Rab in May

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

In May, Niakoul Rab sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 21°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Niakoul Rab in May

The nearest coast averages about 22°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in September at about 28°C and coldest in February near 20°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 8 to Feb 3 — about 9.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb20Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr20Refreshing
May22Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep28Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec24Refreshing

UV index in Niakoul Rab 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 Niakoul Rab peaks around March 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highHighMar 17UV 12Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Niakoul Rab 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 Niakoul Rab is worst in January — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (August, 36 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 18108 µg/m³Aug 1937 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan109Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr53Poor
May48Poor
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul49Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep42Poor
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov68Unhealthy
Dec100Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Niakoul Rab?

Niakoul Rab sits at 14.8°N, 17.3°W, 19 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Jaxaay Parcelle Niakoul Rap, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Niakoul Rab

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Niakoul Rab has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m.

The land around Niakoul Rab is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, water (48%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and water (56%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
76 m
80 km
145 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Jaxaay Parcelle Niakoul Rap 1.0 km · Rufisque est 8.0 km · Rufisque 8.0 km · Bargny 11 km · Bargny Ngoude 11 km · Bargny Guèdj 12 km · N’diareme limamoulaye 12 km · Diamniadio 12 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 Niakoul Rab (14.7842°, -17.2736°, 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).