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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Sambéra
Sambéra climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation669 mm104 wet days a year
12.40° N, 3.05° EElevation 190 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goSambéra · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low36° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Sambéra has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 41° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 31° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 669 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (216 mm, 28 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in January to 45% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Sambéra is 0.4° warmer on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · April
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 51 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 24 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 | 33° | 36° | 39° | 41° | 40° | 37° | 33° | 31° | 32° | 36° | 36° | 34° |
| Average low | 18° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 20° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 9 mm | 49 mm | 101 mm | 157 mm | 216 mm | 118 mm | 18 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 16.2 | 23.7 | 28 | 22.2 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 15% | 25% | 32% | 32% | 28% | 39% | 45% | 35% | 24% | 18% | 15% |
| Daylight | 11h 28 | 11h 44 | 12h 03 | 12h 24 | 12h 42 | 12h 51 | 12h 47 | 12h 32 | 12h 12 | 11h 52 | 11h 34 | 11h 24 |
| Month score | 66 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 44 | 25 | 31 | 37 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 63 |
ivMonth by month
Sambéra in every month
January66
33° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February58
36° / 20°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March57
39° / 23°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
April53
41° / 26°
9 mm · 1.7 wet days
May44
40° / 27°
49 mm · 5.5 wet days
June25
37° / 26°
101 mm · 16.2 wet days
July31
33° / 24°
157 mm · 23.7 wet days
August37
31° / 23°
216 mm · 28 wet days
September34
32° / 24°
118 mm · 22.2 wet days
October45
36° / 24°
18 mm · 5.7 wet days
November57
36° / 20°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
December63
34° / 19°
0 mm · 0 wet days