Climate guideThirty-year normals for Agadez
Agadez climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation128 mm27 wet days a year
16.97° N, 7.99° EElevation 505 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goAgadez · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low37° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Agadez has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 41° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 128 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (61 mm, 12 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in June to 17% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Agadez is 0.4° warmer on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · May
- Coldest nights
- 13° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- June · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 07 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 | 27° | 30° | 34° | 39° | 41° | 41° | 39° | 38° | 39° | 37° | 32° | 28° |
| Average low | 13° | 15° | 19° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 18° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3 mm | 9 mm | 42 mm | 61 mm | 13 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 8% | 13% | 17% | 11% | 9% | 13% | 17% |
| Daylight | 11h 13 | 11h 36 | 12h 02 | 12h 31 | 12h 55 | 13h 08 | 13h 03 | 12h 42 | 12h 15 | 11h 46 | 11h 21 | 11h 07 |
| Month score | 92 | 79 | 61 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 41 | 30 | 49 | 56 | 72 | 87 |
ivMonth by month
Agadez in every month
January92
27° / 13°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February79
30° / 15°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March61
34° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days
April58
39° / 24°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
May56
41° / 26°
3 mm · 0.7 wet day
June53
41° / 27°
9 mm · 2.3 wet days
July41
39° / 26°
42 mm · 7.3 wet days
August30
38° / 25°
61 mm · 11.7 wet days
September49
39° / 25°
13 mm · 3.8 wet days
October56
37° / 23°
0 mm · 0.7 wet day
November72
32° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December87
28° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days