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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Faya-Largeau
Faya-Largeau climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation8 mm9 wet days a year
17.93° N, 19.10° EElevation 242 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goFaya-Largeau · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low35° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Faya-Largeau has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 41° and nights 27°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 8 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (4 mm, 5 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in October to 12% in August.
Compared with N'Djamena, the capital, Faya-Largeau is 3.1° warmer on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · June
- Coldest nights
- 12° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- October · 4% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 04 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 | 24° | 27° | 32° | 38° | 41° | 41° | 40° | 39° | 39° | 35° | 29° | 25° |
| Average low | 12° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 23° | 17° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 10% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 9% | 12% |
| Daylight | 11h 10 | 11h 34 | 12h 01 | 12h 32 | 12h 58 | 13h 12 | 13h 06 | 12h 45 | 12h 15 | 11h 45 | 11h 18 | 11h 04 |
| Month score | 100 | 90 | 68 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 53 | 46 | 54 | 58 | 82 | 98 |
ivMonth by month
Faya-Largeau in every month
January100
24° / 12°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February90
27° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March68
32° / 18°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
April58
38° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
May58
41° / 26°
0 mm · 0 wet days
June58
41° / 27°
0 mm · 0 wet days
July53
40° / 27°
3 mm · 2 wet days
August46
39° / 27°
4 mm · 5.3 wet days
September54
39° / 26°
1 mm · 1.5 wet days
October58
35° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
November82
29° / 17°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December98
25° / 13°
0 mm · 0 wet days