Climate guideThirty-year normals for Doba
Doba climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,002 mm136 wet days a year
8.66° N, 16.85° EElevation 391 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goDoba · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low31° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Doba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 38° and nights 24°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,002 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (249 mm, 29 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 20% in December to 59% in August.
Compared with N'Djamena, the capital, Doba is 0.6° cooler on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · March
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 20% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 37 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 33° | 36° | 38° | 38° | 35° | 32° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 31° | 34° | 33° |
| Average low | 18° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 4 mm | 31 mm | 91 mm | 128 mm | 248 mm | 249 mm | 179 mm | 69 mm | 3 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 14.3 | 19.1 | 25.9 | 28.7 | 25 | 15.5 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 28% | 35% | 40% | 43% | 45% | 55% | 59% | 55% | 44% | 28% | 20% |
| Daylight | 11h 40 | 11h 51 | 12h 04 | 12h 19 | 12h 31 | 12h 37 | 12h 35 | 12h 25 | 12h 11 | 11h 56 | 11h 44 | 11h 37 |
| Month score | 65 | 58 | 54 | 41 | 20 | 31 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 63 | 66 |
ivMonth by month
Doba in every month
January65
33° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February58
36° / 20°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
March54
38° / 24°
4 mm · 0.8 wet day
April41
38° / 26°
31 mm · 5.5 wet days
May20
35° / 25°
91 mm · 14.3 wet days
June31
32° / 24°
128 mm · 19.1 wet days
July38
29° / 22°
248 mm · 25.9 wet days
August39
29° / 22°
249 mm · 28.7 wet days
September39
29° / 22°
179 mm · 25 wet days
October36
31° / 22°
69 mm · 15.5 wet days
November63
34° / 21°
3 mm · 0.7 wet day
December66
33° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days