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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Pala
Pala climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,011 mm147 wet days a year
9.36° N, 14.91° EElevation 441 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goPala · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low31° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Pala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 38° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 28° 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 1,011 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (257 mm, 29 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in December to 63% in August.
Compared with N'Djamena, the capital, Pala is 3.2° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · April
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 19% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 35 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° | 35° | 38° | 38° | 35° | 32° | 29° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 33° | 33° |
| Average low | 18° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 30 mm | 102 mm | 142 mm | 220 mm | 257 mm | 195 mm | 62 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 16.9 | 22.6 | 27.8 | 29.2 | 26.2 | 15.7 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 22% | 24% | 34% | 40% | 44% | 46% | 59% | 63% | 56% | 41% | 27% | 19% |
| Daylight | 11h 38 | 11h 50 | 12h 04 | 12h 20 | 12h 33 | 12h 40 | 12h 37 | 12h 26 | 12h 11 | 11h 56 | 11h 42 | 11h 35 |
| Month score | 69 | 58 | 55 | 36 | 20 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 36 | 63 | 69 |
ivMonth by month
Pala in every month
January69
33° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February58
35° / 20°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
March55
38° / 23°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
April36
38° / 26°
30 mm · 7.5 wet days
May20
35° / 25°
102 mm · 16.9 wet days
June32
32° / 24°
142 mm · 22.6 wet days
July38
29° / 22°
220 mm · 27.8 wet days
August40
28° / 22°
257 mm · 29.2 wet days
September39
29° / 22°
195 mm · 26.2 wet days
October36
31° / 22°
62 mm · 15.7 wet days
November63
33° / 20°
1 mm · 0.6 wet day
December69
33° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days