Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mao
Mao climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation217 mm45 wet days a year
14.12° N, 15.31° EElevation 350 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goMao · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low37° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mao has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 40° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 217 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (89 mm, 20 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in January to 42% in August.
Compared with N'Djamena, the capital, Mao is 0.2° warmer on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · May
- Coldest nights
- 14° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 18 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 | 28° | 31° | 35° | 40° | 40° | 39° | 36° | 34° | 37° | 37° | 33° | 29° |
| Average low | 14° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 3 mm | 13 mm | 77 mm | 89 mm | 32 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 17% | 36% | 42% | 28% | 15% | 16% | 14% |
| Daylight | 11h 23 | 11h 41 | 12h 02 | 12h 27 | 12h 47 | 12h 57 | 12h 53 | 12h 36 | 12h 13 | 11h 50 | 11h 29 | 11h 18 |
| Month score | 88 | 76 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 27 | 25 | 37 | 56 | 68 | 83 |
ivMonth by month
Mao in every month
January88
28° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February76
31° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March58
35° / 20°
0 mm · 0 wet days
April58
40° / 24°
1 mm · 0 wet days
May56
40° / 26°
3 mm · 0.8 wet day
June54
39° / 26°
13 mm · 1.8 wet days
July27
36° / 26°
77 mm · 12 wet days
August25
34° / 25°
89 mm · 20 wet days
September37
37° / 25°
32 mm · 9 wet days
October56
37° / 23°
2 mm · 1 wet day
November68
33° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December83
29° / 15°
0 mm · 0 wet days