Timbuktu Weather in May
Average highs run from 41°C on May 1 to 42°C on May 31, and lows from 26°C to 29°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 42°C
- Average low
- 27°C
- Precipitation
- 3 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 46°CMay 24, 1994
- Reanalysis low
- 18°CMay 3, 1994
- Daylight
- 12 h 45 min to 13 h 04 min
- Cloud cover
- 32%
- Humidity
- 18%
- Dew point
- 4°C
- Wind
- 14.8 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 41°C | 26°C | 45°C 2016 | 20°C 1994 | 1% |
| May 2 | 41°C | 26°C | 44°C 2015 | 20°C 1994 | 1% |
| May 3 | 41°C | 26°C | 44°C 2016 | 18°C 1994 | 1% |
| May 4 | 41°C | 26°C | 45°C 2016 | 19°C 1994 | 2% |
| May 5 | 41°C | 26°C | 44°C 2000 | 21°C 1994 | 2% |
| May 6 | 41°C | 26°C | 44°C 2017 | 22°C 2018 | 2% |
| May 7 | 41°C | 26°C | 45°C 2017 | 22°C 2004 | 2% |
| May 8 | 41°C | 26°C | 45°C 2017 | 23°C 1992 | 2% |
| May 9 | 42°C | 27°C | 45°C 2017 | 23°C 2019 | 3% |
| May 10 | 42°C | 27°C | 45°C 2010 | 22°C 2007 | 3% |
| May 11 | 42°C | 27°C | 45°C 2017 | 21°C 2006 | 3% |
| May 12 | 42°C | 27°C | 45°C 2016 | 23°C 1992 | 3% |
| May 13 | 42°C | 27°C | 44°C 2016 | 22°C 1992 | 4% |
| May 14 | 42°C | 27°C | 44°C 2017 | 23°C 1992 | 4% |
| May 15 | 42°C | 27°C | 45°C 2017 | 23°C 1991 | 4% |
| May 16 | 42°C | 27°C | 45°C 2002 | 24°C 2015 | 4% |
| May 17 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 2002 | 24°C 2007 | 4% |
| May 18 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 1996 | 25°C 2014 | 4% |
| May 19 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 1996 | 23°C 2014 | 4% |
| May 20 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 1996 | 22°C 1992 | 4% |
| May 21 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 2018 | 25°C 2004 | 4% |
| May 22 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 2009 | 24°C 2020 | 4% |
| May 23 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 2018 | 23°C 2020 | 4% |
| May 24 | 42°C | 28°C | 46°C 1994 | 24°C 2011 | 4% |
| May 25 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 1994 | 24°C 2020 | 4% |
| May 26 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 2013 | 23°C 2011 | 4% |
| May 27 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 1998 | 23°C 2011 | 4% |
| May 28 | 42°C | 28°C | 45°C 2016 | 24°C 1993 | 4% |
| May 29 | 42°C | 28°C | 44°C 2016 | 25°C 1993 | 4% |
| May 30 | 42°C | 29°C | 46°C 2015 | 24°C 2001 | 4% |
| May 31 | 42°C | 29°C | 45°C 2015 | 25°C 2001 | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:47 AM, sunset 6:32 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 6:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.