Tambacounda weather in February

In February, Tambacounda sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Tambacounda's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tambacounda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 37°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 7:23 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Tambacounda is city and regional capital in Senegal.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical February day in Tambacounda reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 3°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39
Avg low (°C)	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	22
4	36	22
5	36	22
6	37	22
7	37	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	22
11	37	22
12	37	22
13	37	22
14	37	22
15	37	22
16	37	22
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	38	23
20	38	23
21	38	23
22	38	23
23	38	23
24	38	23
25	38	23
26	39	23
27	39	24
28	39	24

How February really feels in Tambacounda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 28 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Tambacounda weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 20°	0	0	11.3	3.3
Feb	37° / 22°	0	0.1	11.5	1.7
Mar	40° / 25°	0	0	11.9	0.2
Apr	41° / 27°	0	0.1	12.3	0.0
May	41° / 28°	4	0.7	12.6	0.0
Jun	38° / 27°	36	6.2	12.8	0.9
Jul	34° / 25°	124	14.3	12.7	2.6
Aug	32° / 25°	198	19.5	12.5	3.1
Sep	32° / 24°	159	15.9	12.1	3.2
Oct	35° / 25°	41	6.7	11.7	2.6
Nov	37° / 22°	2	0.5	11.4	2.1
Dec	35° / 20°	1	0.2	11.2	3.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	69	69	69	69	68	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	78	79	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	31	31	31	31	32	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Tambacounda gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in February. 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	96	96	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	97
Comfortable (%)	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Humid (%)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	96	4	0
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	94	5	1
6	94	5	1
7	95	4	1
8	95	4	1
9	95	4	1
10	95	4	1
11	95	4	1
12	95	4	1
13	95	4	1
14	95	4	1
15	95	4	1
16	95	4	1
17	95	4	1
18	95	4	1
19	95	4	1
20	95	4	1
21	95	4	1
22	95	4	1
23	96	3	1
24	96	3	1
25	96	3	1
26	96	3	1
27	96	3	1
28	97	2	1

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:26 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:59 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	7:26	6:50
2	11.4	7:26	6:51
3	11.4	7:26	6:51
4	11.4	7:26	6:51
5	11.4	7:26	6:52
6	11.4	7:25	6:52
7	11.5	7:25	6:53
8	11.5	7:25	6:53
9	11.5	7:25	6:53
10	11.5	7:25	6:54
11	11.5	7:24	6:54
12	11.5	7:24	6:55
13	11.5	7:24	6:55
14	11.5	7:23	6:55
15	11.5	7:23	6:56
16	11.6	7:23	6:56
17	11.6	7:22	6:56
18	11.6	7:22	6:57
19	11.6	7:21	6:57
20	11.6	7:21	6:57
21	11.6	7:21	6:57
22	11.6	7:20	6:58
23	11.6	7:20	6:58
24	11.6	7:19	6:58
25	11.7	7:19	6:58
26	11.7	7:18	6:59
27	11.7	7:18	6:59
28	11.7	7:17	6:59

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 6.1 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Tambacounda

In seasonPeak

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

Tambacounda's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Tambacounda sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in June.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Tambacounda?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tambacounda.

What to pack for Tambacounda in February

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

In February, Tambacounda sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tambacounda in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February 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 Tambacounda peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	11	12	10	10	10	12	13	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Tambacounda in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Tambacounda is worst in February — around 73 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	56	73	63	53	50	41	21	15	19	39	72	57
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	56	Unhealthy
Feb	73	Unhealthy
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	53	Poor
May	50	Poor
Jun	41	Poor
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	72	Unhealthy
Dec	57	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Tambacounda?

Tambacounda sits at 13.8°N, 13.7°W, 32 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Médina Gounas, 71 km away.

Topography around Tambacounda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tambacounda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m.

The land around Tambacounda is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), shrubs (31%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (44%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

artificial surfaces 51%

16 km

47 m

grassland 41%

80 km

80 m

shrubs 44%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← January Tambacounda year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Médina Gounas 71 km · Farato 72 km · Vélingara 84 km · Koumpentoum 100 km · Diaoubé 109 km · Koungheul 125 km · Koungneul Sossé 126 km · Koundara 149 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

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 Tambacounda (13.7707°, -13.6673°, elevation 32 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	22
4	36	22
5	36	22
6	37	22
7	37	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	22
11	37	22
12	37	22
13	37	22
14	37	22
15	37	22
16	37	22
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	38	23
20	38	23
21	38	23
22	38	23
23	38	23
24	38	23
25	38	23
26	39	23
27	39	24
28	39	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	96	4	0
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	94	5	1
6	94	5	1
7	95	4	1
8	95	4	1
9	95	4	1
10	95	4	1
11	95	4	1
12	95	4	1
13	95	4	1
14	95	4	1
15	95	4	1
16	95	4	1
17	95	4	1
18	95	4	1
19	95	4	1
20	95	4	1
21	95	4	1
22	95	4	1
23	96	3	1
24	96	3	1
25	96	3	1
26	96	3	1
27	96	3	1
28	97	2	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	22
4	36	22
5	36	22
6	37	22
7	37	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	22
11	37	22
12	37	22
13	37	22
14	37	22
15	37	22
16	37	22
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	38	23
20	38	23
21	38	23
22	38	23
23	38	23
24	38	23
25	38	23
26	39	23
27	39	24
28	39	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	96	4	0
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	94	5	1
6	94	5	1
7	95	4	1
8	95	4	1
9	95	4	1
10	95	4	1
11	95	4	1
12	95	4	1
13	95	4	1
14	95	4	1
15	95	4	1
16	95	4	1
17	95	4	1
18	95	4	1
19	95	4	1
20	95	4	1
21	95	4	1
22	95	4	1
23	96	3	1
24	96	3	1
25	96	3	1
26	96	3	1
27	96	3	1
28	97	2	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	22
4	36	22
5	36	22
6	37	22
7	37	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	22
11	37	22
12	37	22
13	37	22
14	37	22
15	37	22
16	37	22
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	38	23
20	38	23
21	38	23
22	38	23
23	38	23
24	38	23
25	38	23
26	39	23
27	39	24
28	39	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	74	26
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	96	4	0
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	94	5	1
6	94	5	1
7	95	4	1
8	95	4	1
9	95	4	1
10	95	4	1
11	95	4	1
12	95	4	1
13	95	4	1
14	95	4	1
15	95	4	1
16	95	4	1
17	95	4	1
18	95	4	1
19	95	4	1
20	95	4	1
21	95	4	1
22	95	4	1
23	96	3	1
24	96	3	1
25	96	3	1
26	96	3	1
27	96	3	1
28	97	2	1