Dakar Weather in May
Dakar in May
The short of it: Dakar in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 0.0 mm (0.00 in) of rain and about 12 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 19° · rain 0.0 mm · daylight 12 h 48 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Dakar an average May high of 28°, a low of 19° and some 0.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 28°, nights near 19°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 0.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 48 min in mid-May, 21 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Dakar runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Le Plateau, 4 km to the S, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Dakar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le PlateauDakar | 4 km S | 26° | 19° | 0.0 mm |
| Mermoz BoababDakar | 4 km WNW | 28° | 19° | 0.0 mm |
| YoffDakar | 8 km NW | 28° | 19° | 0.0 mm |
| PikineDakar | 10 km NE | 28° | 19° | 0.0 mm |
| GuédiawayeDakar | 10 km NNE | 28° | 19° | 0.0 mm |
| N’diareme limamoulayeDakar | 12 km NNE | 28° | 19° | 0.0 mm |
| RufisqueDakar | 19 km E | 30° | 19° | 0.0 mm |
| Rufisque estDakar | 19 km E | 30° | 19° | 0.0 mm |