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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Abala
Abala climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation266 mm62 wet days a year
14.94° N, 3.43° EElevation 239 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goAbala · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low38° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Abala has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 41° and nights 28°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 30° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 266 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (111 mm, 21 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 13% in January to 31% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Abala is 0.8° warmer on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · May
- Coldest nights
- 15° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 13% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 00 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 15 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 | 30° | 33° | 37° | 41° | 41° | 40° | 37° | 35° | 38° | 38° | 35° | 31° |
| Average low | 15° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 19° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 7 mm | 25 mm | 81 mm | 111 mm | 38 mm | 3 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 17 | 21 | 14.2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 13% | 13% | 18% | 20% | 18% | 15% | 25% | 31% | 22% | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Daylight | 11h 20 | 11h 39 | 12h 02 | 12h 28 | 12h 49 | 13h 00 | 12h 56 | 12h 38 | 12h 14 | 11h 49 | 11h 26 | 11h 15 |
| Month score | 79 | 65 | 58 | 57 | 54 | 45 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 54 | 58 | 73 |
ivMonth by month
Abala in every month
January79
30° / 15°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February65
33° / 17°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March58
37° / 21°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
April57
41° / 24°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
May54
41° / 28°
7 mm · 1.8 wet days
June45
40° / 28°
25 mm · 5.5 wet days
July25
37° / 27°
81 mm · 17 wet days
August25
35° / 26°
111 mm · 21 wet days
September25
38° / 26°
38 mm · 14.2 wet days
October54
38° / 24°
3 mm · 1.8 wet days
November58
35° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December73
31° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days