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Mayahi, Niger
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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
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec51October
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 columns

Temperature curve

Average high, low
20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
12121313JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Mayahi by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high29°32°36°39°40°38°34°32°35°37°34°30°
Average low13°15°19°22°25°25°24°23°23°22°18°14°
Precipitation0 mm0 mm0 mm1 mm14 mm38 mm108 mm127 mm57 mm4 mm0 mm0 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)000.50.51.36.31822.2152.80.30
Cloud cover12%13%19%21%19%17%32%39%27%18%16%14%
Daylight11h 2311h 4112h 0212h 2612h 4612h 5712h 5212h 3612h 1311h 5011h 2911h 18
Month score847157575543273325516479