Tambacounda is bathed in sunshine — 282 sunny days a year. Summers are intensely hot — air conditioning is essential. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Tambacounda, Senegal is a 241K-resident city with 282 sunny days and 0 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 32.0 µg/m³. A city in Senegal.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 38 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 38 |
| Daily mean°C | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 33 |
| Daily low°C | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 25 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 39 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 44 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 41 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 30 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 34 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | 14 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 21 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 18 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 69 | 77 | 79 | 71 | 37 | 26 | 42 |
| Dewpoint°C | 4.0 | 5.1 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 16.1 | 22.2 | 24.1 | 24.8 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 13.7 | 8.5 | 15.7 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 120 | 138 | 143 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 502 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 9.4 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
| Clear skyindex | 62% | 71% | 71% | 64% | 63% | 61% | 30% | 26% | 36% | 48% | 71% | 62% | 55% |
| UV indexmax avg | 7.3 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.9 |
Outdoor activities in Tambacounda are challenging most of the year. April through June are the toughest stretch. Dinner outside is comfortable 9/12 months — impressive, while lunch outside is tough year-round.
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Air Quality
Tambacounda reports an annual PM2.5 of 32.0 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Tambacounda reports an annual PM2.5 of 32.0 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 32.0 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Tambacounda? Honestly, air quality is a meaningful downside — at 32.0 µg/m³ annual PM2.5, Tambacounda sits above the EU limit, which may matter for allergy sufferers or long-term residents.
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