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Climate guideThirty-year normals for N'Djamena
N'Djamena climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation487 mm86 wet days a year
12.11° N, 15.04° EElevation 299 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goN'Djamena · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low36° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
N'Djamena has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 41° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 31° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 487 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (167 mm, 27 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in January to 52% in August.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · April
- Coldest nights
- 16° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 15% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 50 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 25 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 | 32° | 35° | 39° | 41° | 40° | 38° | 33° | 31° | 33° | 36° | 35° | 33° |
| Average low | 16° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 5 mm | 24 mm | 41 mm | 154 mm | 167 mm | 79 mm | 17 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 23 | 26.8 | 19.8 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 17% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 30% | 47% | 52% | 44% | 25% | 20% | 15% |
| Daylight | 11h 29 | 11h 45 | 12h 03 | 12h 24 | 12h 41 | 12h 50 | 12h 46 | 12h 32 | 12h 12 | 11h 52 | 11h 34 | 11h 25 |
| Month score | 71 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 52 | 37 | 25 | 33 | 28 | 48 | 58 | 68 |
ivMonth by month
N'Djamena in every month
January71
32° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February60
35° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March57
39° / 23°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
April57
41° / 26°
5 mm · 0.5 wet day
May52
40° / 27°
24 mm · 2.7 wet days
June37
38° / 27°
41 mm · 8.7 wet days
July25
33° / 25°
154 mm · 23 wet days
August33
31° / 24°
167 mm · 26.8 wet days
September28
33° / 24°
79 mm · 19.8 wet days
October48
36° / 24°
17 mm · 4.3 wet days
November58
35° / 21°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December68
33° / 17°
0 mm · 0 wet days