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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Abalak, Niger
Abalak climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing13°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation256 mm49 wet days a year
15.45° N, 6.28° EElevation 439 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goAbalak · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low37° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Abalak has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 40° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 13°.
About 256 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (106 mm, 19 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in June to 29% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Abalak is 0.1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · May
- Coldest nights
- 12° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- June · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 13 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° | 39° | 40° | 39° | 37° | 35° | 37° | 37° | 33° | 29° |
| Average low | 12° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 10 mm | 23 mm | 76 mm | 106 mm | 39 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 15 | 19 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 13% | 13% | 17% | 17% | 15% | 12% | 22% | 29% | 19% | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Daylight | 11h 18 | 11h 38 | 12h 02 | 12h 29 | 12h 51 | 13h 02 | 12h 58 | 12h 39 | 12h 14 | 11h 48 | 11h 25 | 11h 13 |
| Month score | 88 | 75 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 52 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 56 | 66 | 82 |
ivMonth by month
Abalak in every month
January88
28° / 12°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February75
31° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March58
35° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days
April57
39° / 22°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
May56
40° / 25°
10 mm · 0.7 wet day
June52
39° / 26°
23 mm · 2.5 wet days
July25
37° / 25°
76 mm · 15 wet days
August26
35° / 24°
106 mm · 19 wet days
September34
37° / 24°
39 mm · 10.3 wet days
October56
37° / 21°
2 mm · 0.7 wet day
November66
33° / 17°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
December82
29° / 13°
0 mm · 0 wet days