Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dargol
Dargol climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation359 mm72 wet days a year
13.92° N, 1.24° EElevation 224 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goDargol · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low38° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dargol 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 31° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 359 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (133 mm, 25 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 13% in January to 34% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Dargol is 0.2° 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
- 12 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 19 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 | 31° | 34° | 38° | 41° | 41° | 39° | 35° | 33° | 36° | 38° | 36° | 32° |
| Average low | 15° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 19° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 12 mm | 48 mm | 95 mm | 133 mm | 62 mm | 6 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 7 | 19.8 | 24.7 | 16.2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 13% | 13% | 21% | 26% | 25% | 19% | 28% | 34% | 25% | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Daylight | 11h 23 | 11h 41 | 12h 03 | 12h 26 | 12h 46 | 12h 57 | 12h 52 | 12h 36 | 12h 13 | 11h 50 | 11h 29 | 11h 19 |
| Month score | 76 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 54 | 42 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 52 | 58 | 70 |
ivMonth by month
Dargol in every month
January76
31° / 15°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February63
34° / 17°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March58
38° / 21°
1 mm · 0 wet days
April58
41° / 25°
2 mm · 0 wet days
May54
41° / 28°
12 mm · 1.5 wet days
June42
39° / 27°
48 mm · 7 wet days
July25
35° / 26°
95 mm · 19.8 wet days
August30
33° / 24°
133 mm · 24.7 wet days
September25
36° / 25°
62 mm · 16.2 wet days
October52
38° / 24°
6 mm · 2.5 wet days
November58
36° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December70
32° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days