Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mayahi
Mayahi climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation349 mm67 wet days a year
13.96° N, 7.67° EElevation 389 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goMayahi · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low37° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mayahi 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 29° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 349 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (127 mm, 22 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in January to 39% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Mayahi is 0.9° cooler on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · May
- Coldest nights
- 13° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 18 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 | 29° | 32° | 36° | 39° | 40° | 38° | 34° | 32° | 35° | 37° | 34° | 30° |
| Average low | 13° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 18° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 14 mm | 38 mm | 108 mm | 127 mm | 57 mm | 4 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 18 | 22.2 | 15 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 13% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 17% | 32% | 39% | 27% | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Daylight | 11h 23 | 11h 41 | 12h 02 | 12h 26 | 12h 46 | 12h 57 | 12h 52 | 12h 36 | 12h 13 | 11h 50 | 11h 29 | 11h 18 |
| Month score | 84 | 71 | 57 | 57 | 55 | 43 | 27 | 33 | 25 | 51 | 64 | 79 |
ivMonth by month
Mayahi in every month
January84
29° / 13°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February71
32° / 15°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March57
36° / 19°
0 mm · 0.5 wet day
April57
39° / 22°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
May55
40° / 25°
14 mm · 1.3 wet day
June43
38° / 25°
38 mm · 6.3 wet days
July27
34° / 24°
108 mm · 18 wet days
August33
32° / 23°
127 mm · 22.2 wet days
September25
35° / 23°
57 mm · 15 wet days
October51
37° / 22°
4 mm · 2.8 wet days
November64
34° / 18°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
December79
30° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days